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Matthew Perry, author of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

“Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.” So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who traveled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents; 14-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; 24-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called “Friends Like Us”; and so much more.

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Week of June 24, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of June 24th include TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, Gabrielle Zevin's memorable novel about two college friends who become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity and, ultimately, a kind of immortality; FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING, Matthew Perry's candid, funny and revelatory memoir that takes us behind the scenes of "Friends" and his struggles with addiction; WELLNESS by Nathan Hill, a poignant and witty novel about marriage, the often baffling pursuit of health and happiness, and the stories that bind us together; THE ART THIEF, a spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius as Michael Finkel brings us into Stéphane Breitwieser’s strange world; and TANGLED VINES, John Glatt’s unputdownable account of the rise and fall of the prestigious Murdaugh family.

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