UPDATE January 26, 2006 - On the Oprah Winfrey show today, Oprah confronted James Frey about the fact or fiction in his book A Million Little Pieces asking "Why would you lie? Why do you have to lie about the time you spent in jail? Why did you do that?" Frey admitted that he lied in his book about some of his experiences. Oprah appeared to be deeply regretful of her support of the book and its author. Winfrey said to her audience and the world "I left the impression [when I called in to the Larry King Live show January 11] that the truth does not matter, and I am deeply sorry about that. But that is not what I believe. And to everyone who has challenged me on this issue of truth, you are absolutely right."

January 11, 2006 - Controversy now challenges whether this audiobook is nonfiction, as described by its author (James Frey) or fiction. James Frey stands by the "essential truth" of his memoir while admitting that a very small portion may have been embellished. Oprah Winfrey continues to recommend the book in spite of these revelations and said in a call-in to the Larry King Live show "If you're an addict whose life has been moved by this story and you feel that what James went through was able to -- to help you hold on a little bit longer, and you connected to that, that is real. That is real. And it's -- it's irrelevant discussing, you know, what -- what happened or did not happen to the police."

List $34.95

Written by James Frey - Narrated by Oliver Wyman - Abridged Fiction - 6 CASSETTES - 10 hours

Publisher, HighBridge Audio (April 2003)

An Oprah's Book Club Selection

Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award

AudioFile Earphone Award Winner

"Wyman’s reading of Frey’s terse, raw prose is ideal." —Publishers Weekly

"A shatteringly good listen, A Million Little Pieces is brought to life by Oliver Wyman's searing performance. . . . Raw, graphic, intelligent, visceral, this work should be . . . nominated for something! A sobering piece, not to be missed." —AudioFile

"Wyman sinks himself fully into the role, finding full expression for the larger-than-life emotions." —The Herald-Sun

A searing true story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation, told with the charismatic energy of Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the revelatory power of Burroughs' Junky.

By the time James Frey enters a drug and alcohol treatment facility, he has so thoroughly ravaged his body that the doctors are shocked he is still alive. Inside the clinic, he is surrounded by patients as troubled as he: a judge, a mobster, a former world-champion boxer, and a fragile former prostitute. To James, their friendship and advice seem stronger and truer than the clinic's droning dogma of How to Recover.

James refuses to consider himself a victim of anything but his own bad decisions. He insists on accepting sole accountability for the person he has been and the person he may become—which he feels runs counter to his counselor's recipes for recovery. He must fight to survive on his own terms, for reasons close to his own heart. And he must battle the ever-tempting chemical trip to oblivion.

An uncommonly genuine account of a life destroyed and reconstructed, and a provocative alternative understanding of the nature of addiction and the meaning of recovery, A Million Little Pieces marks the debut of a bold and talented literary voice.

About the Author: James Frey was born in Cleveland in 1969; he has since lived in six countries and ten states. He has worked as a film director, film producer, skateboard salesman, camp counselor, picture framer, bouncer, and hotel security guard. He is currently writing the screenplay for A Million Little Pieces. James lives in New York and has been sober for nine years.