A Million Little Pieces opens with the narrator, James, waking up on an airplane with no idea where he is going. He has a hole in his cheek, four broken teeth, and a broken nose. James eventually finds out that the plane is bound for Chicago and that a doctor and two unidentified men brought …
Summary The book opens with the narrator, James Frey, waking up on an airplane. He is bleeding, missing four teeth, and has a broken nose. He doesn’t know how he got these injuries or where he is going. When he asks, a stewardess informs him that he is flying to Chicago, and that two men …
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Summary James wakes up, throws up three times, and goes to the lounge where he reads The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. He is convinced that believing in AA is just exchanging one addiction for another. He cleans the toilets thoroughly and vomits twice more. He feels no sense of accomplishment and vows not to …
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Summary James is having a hard time sleeping after his decision, so he spends some time outside thinking about the girl in his past that he’s referred to several times before, the girl he loved. He recounts the first time he was ever in her room. By sunrise, he’s convinced that he’s permanently destroyed what …
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Summary James wakes up in the dark in his new room. In the bathroom, he makes an attempt to look himself in the eyes, but fails. He bumps into Roy, who tells him that his job is to clean the group toilets. After cleaning the toilets, James goes back to his room and vomits. James …
Summary There is a new man at breakfast, and James recognizes him. He is Matty Jackson, former Featherweight Champion of the World, and he is at the clinic because he is a crack addict. James, Leonard, Matty, Ed, and Ted sit together during breakfast and at a clinic lecture. After the lecture James goes to …
Summary James has dreams in which he’s abusing drugs and alcohol. He revisits some of the places he’s been while on drugs. He wakes each time struggling to remember the good in his life and reminds himself that he has more than he needs. In the shower, he observes that he’s becoming more of a …
Summary James wakes up in front of the TV. He walks back to his room. Miles is reading the Bible. Miles thanks him for allowing him time to himself the previous night. James offers to help however he can. The job board says that James is in the Family Program. He goes to breakfast and …
Summary An angry Lilly comes to James’s room in the middle of the night. She is convinced that James has been speaking to someone who said horrible things about her and that hearing those things has frightened him away. She says that if it turned out that he didn’t want her anymore, she would panhandle …
Summary James has terrible dreams after returning to the clinic and seeing Lilly taken back into the detox unit. He goes to see Lincoln, who tells him that James’s behavior while retrieving Lilly is something he has never seen before. He also says that Lilly is doing okay but that her grandmother will need to …
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