A Million Little Pieces; Post One

I am reading the novel A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. This novel is about a 23 year old man named James who wakes up on an airplane. He does not know where the plane was going to or coming from. James doesn’t have any memory of the past two weeks. He awakes to find, “My front four teeth are gone, I have a hold in my cheek, my nose is broken and my eyes are swollen nearly shut” (1).

James is an alcoholic and abuses drugs, “Pills, acid, mushrooms, meth, PCP and glue” (9). Shortly after waking he checks into a facility for treatment. As the novel moves on James’ appearance gets fixed, the hole in his cheek is sewn, a dentist fixes his teeth and a doctor re-breaks his nose in order to grow properly. Basically, we learn about the beginning of James’ recovery and what he is going through.

He works with many doctors and nurses to figure out how they will repair James. They take many surveys about how much drinking and drugs he does per week. Along with the surveys he is required to take certain antibiotics each day. Along with the doctors he becomes acquainted with he also meets a few new people who are going through treatment too. He comes across a bully, a woman named Lilly and his roommates, Larry and Warren.