Riverbend Reads Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry Posted on March 30, 2023April 12, 2023 Riverbend is excited to partner with Gibsons’s Bookstore to present a community book discussion on Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir聽by Matthew Perry on Tuesday, May 23rd from 5:30-6:30pm!聽Matthew Perry will not be present, however, this event will be moderated for discussion! 鈥淗i, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.鈥� 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; fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called聽Friends Like Us. . . and so much more.
