Non-Fiction
In reply to the discussion: Has anyone read the new James Patterson memoir "Stories of My Life" ? [View all]anobserver2
(922 posts)I don't this Patterson book is actually a "memoir." It reminded me of another book that was supposed to be a memoir,
but turned out not to be - "A Million Pieces" or something was the title.
https://www.nytimes.com 2006 01 27 books 27oprah.html
[link: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/books/27oprah.html|
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/books/27oprah.html]
Author Is Kicked Out of Oprah Winfrey's Book Club - The New York Times
Jan. 27, 2006. In an extraordinary reversal of her defense of the author whose memoir she catapulted to the top of the best-seller lists, Oprah Winfrey rebuked James Frey, the author of "A Million Little Pieces," on her television show yesterday for lying about his past and portraying the book as a truthful account of his life.
"I feel duped," Ms. Winfrey told Mr. Frey. "But more importantly, I feel that you betrayed millions of readers."..
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