My Friend Leonard

by James Frey

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573223158
• ISBN13: 9781573223157
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Still Think He's A Great Writer

I know the book and it's predecessor are all a big heap of lies, but if you approach it as strictly fiction, there's no denying the guy's a really great writer.Frey's frenetic style is the same as in "...Pieces", and although it's not the brutal foray into addiction recovery, it still manages to be both compelling and fast paced, as he pieces his life together after rehab and continues forging his relationship with gangster Leonard. Moralizing about integrity and honesty aside, I'll be interested to see what Frey produces next regardless of whether it's in the fiction, bio, or big fat liar section

I loved this book as much as his first!

James is awesome. I loved this book. I don't care if he elaborated or not....I escaped in my bedroom from my kids and went out to dinner with James, Leonard and Snapper and we ate like kings and had fun! Get this book. It is funny, touching and alive! I wish I had someone like Leonard in my life!!!

Great follow up to a Million Little Pieces

If you read Frey's first book then you must read this! After a Million Little Pieces, I had tons of questions I wanted answered. Why did Lilly do it? What was prison like? Is the fury still there? This book answers all of those questions and tells the unique and fascniating story of Frey's life after rehab. The ending is wonderful and brings closure to his story and all of the questions. Highly, highly, highly recommended.

A solid book that I will forever keep!

After reading a million little pieces, I craved more from Frey he wrote his story in such a true, open way that I felt like I knew him and all the people involved in his life. When My Friend Leonard came out, I rushed to the store to buy it...This book was AMAZING! Better then the first...Following James's life after rehab and jail, a life without the substance abuse and watching him build himself back up was truly amamzing...Everything about this book is straight from the heart! The relationship that James and Lenoard formed is unlike any I have ever heard or had - I went through a roller coaster of feelings from laughing to crying....I can't say enough about it...after reading it, I made it my mission to have everyone I know read both books and I have yet to hear dissapointment from anyone.

Lightning Strickes Twice

"A Million Little Pieces" hit me so hard I found myself in rehab a week after I read it. "My Friend Leonard" somehow, someway, conveys the next phase of addiction recovery. The pain never leaves - James just starts to live with it. Each page is real; each scene builds to a powerful ending. And the writing. Oh, the writing. . .