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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 Friends Like Us … and so much more. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell-and in the heartfelt hilarious and warmly familiar way only he could tell it-Matthew Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices) the desire for recognition that drove him to fame and the void inside him that could not be filled even by his greatest dreams coming true. But he also details the peace