Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (29 page)

Thank you to William Richert, David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Kevin Bright, Megan Lynch, Cait Hoyt, Doug Chapin, Lisa Kasteler, Lisa Kudrow, Ally Shuster, Gabrielle Allen, and especially the brilliant Dr. Mark Morrow. And Jamie, sweet, magical Jamie, whom I will miss and think about until the day I die.

Matthew Perry
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1. Title Page
   
2. Copyright Notice
   
3. Dedication
   
4. Epigraphs
   
5. Foreword
   by Lisa Kudrow
   
6. Prologue
   
7.   
   1.  The View
   
8. INTERLUDE:
   New York
   
9.   
   2.  Another Generation Shot to Hell
   
10. INTERLUDE:
    Matman
    
11.   
    3.  Baggage
    
12. INTERLUDE:
    Dead
    
13.   
    4.  Like I've Been There Before
    
14. INTERLUDE:
    Zoom
    
15.   
    5.  No Fourth Wall
    
16. INTERLUDE:
    Holes
    
17.   
    6.  Bruce Willis
    
18. INTERLUDE:
    All Heaven Breaking Loose
    
19.   
    7.  The Benefit of Friends
    
20. INTERLUDE:
    Pockets
    
21.   
    8.  Odyssey
    
22. INTERLUDE:
    Trauma Camp
    
23.   
    9.  Three's Not Company, Three Ruins Everything
    
24. INTERLUDE:
    Violence in Hollywood
    
25. 10.  The Big Terrible Thing
    
26. INTERLUDE:
    The Smoking Section
    
27. 11.  Batman
    
28. Photos
    
29. Acknowledgments
    
30. About the Author
    
31. Copyright
    

FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING.
Copyright © 2022 by Matthew Perry. Foreword © 2022 by Lisa Kudrow. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

All photographs provided courtesy of the author unless otherwise noted.

www.flatironbooks.com

Cover design by Keith Hayes

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Perry, Matthew, 1969– author.

Title: Friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing: a memoir / Matthew Perry.

Description: First U.S. edition. | New York, NY: Flatiron Books, 2022.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022028340 | ISBN 9781250866448 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250879547 (international, sold outside the U.S., subject to rights availability) | ISBN 9781250866462 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Perry, Matthew, 1969– | Friends (Television program) | Actors—United States—Biography. | Addicts—United States—Biography. | Substance abuse—United States. | LCGFT: Autobiographies.

Classification: LCC PN2287.P3955 A3 2022 | DDC 791.4502/8092 [B]—dc23/ eng/20220805

LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2022028340

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First U.S. Edition: 2022

First International Edition: 2022