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Riverhead
June 2005
Featuring: Leonard
368 pages
ISBN: 1573223158
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
Perhaps the most unconventional and literally breathtaking
father-son story you'll ever read, My Friend Leonard pulls
you immediately and deeply into a relationship as unusual
as it is inspiring. The father figure is Leonard, the high-living, recovering
coke addict "West Coast Director of a large Italian-
American finance firm" (read: mobster) who helped to keep
James Frey clean in A Million Little Pieces. The son is, of
course, James, damaged perhaps beyond repair by years of
crack and alcohol addiction-and by more than a few cruel
tricks of fate. James embarks on his post-rehab existence in Chicago
emotionally devastated, broke, and afraid to get close to
other people. But then Leonard comes back into his life,
and everything changes. Leonard offers his "son" lucrative-
if illegal and slightly dangerous-employment. He teaches
James to enjoy life, sober, for the first time. He
instructs him in the art of "living boldly," pushes him to
pursue his passion for writing, and provides a watchful and
supportive veil of protection under which James can get his
life together. Both Leonard's and James's careers
flourish . . . but then Leonard vanishes. When the reasons
behind his mysterious absence are revealed, the book opens
up in unexpected emotional ways. My Friend Leonard showcases a brilliant and energetic young
writer rising to important new challenges-displaying
surprising warmth, humor, and maturity-without losing his
intensity. This book proves that one of the most
provocative literary voices of his generation is also one
of the most emphatically human.
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