A million little pieces

When i started this book i had no idea about all the controversies raging about it....all i knew about it was that it was a book tht Oprah claimed she loved and i was itching to get my hand on a non-fiction..i am sure u know by now...i inevitably judge my books by the cover and i am no disappointed most of the times...anyways...i did not have many expectaions about this book...but i was hooked in a few pages time,....as hooked as James...i have always thot that suffering or sadness is a tonic that i need to get through life...James was a guy who was reeling from wat he did to himself....the darkness surrounding him at the start of the book is overwhelming...but the light begins as a tiny ray and blinds us by the time James comes out of the The Clinic...his dramatic recovery from addiction sounded believeable...and AA and 12 steps just as impossible to believe and accept...The fragile relations forged by a man learning to be with people...his brother..parents..Lily...Leonard...they were all healing him...it was book that touched me deep and made me wonder if i could ever have that much strength of character...saying no to something you want badly is not easy....and when James does it...we are happy for him..After i read the book...i read some posts in various forums alleging that many crucial incidents in the book were all a figment of Frey's imagination...I did feel a bit cheated because i appreciated the man's suffering more because it was real...but even then i cant dispute the fact that this book touched a chord very few books have been able to do...and fiction or non fiction...A million little pieces made me more whole....