That's not inspirational anymore

James Frey has been receiving a lot of guff the past year plus after Oprah exposed him and found out some aspects of his top-selling "memoir" Million Little Pieces were fictionalized. He claimed he spent 9 months in jail when in fact it was one month and he claimed his love interest hanged herself when in fact she slit her wrists. The heart of the story, a story of someone over coming a crippling addiction against all odds after everyone else has abandoned him is still true. For over a year the book was in the top ten on all best-seller's lists, with everyone loving the inspirational tale. Then along came Oprah......

She exploited his book for ratings and pulled him on stage and called him out basically calling him a fraud and a disgrace of a writer. Remind of what you have written lately?? His book fell off every list, his publisher dropped his deal for two new books, and he lost his movie deal. He came out and apologized and said the story was still true, he just took "creative freedom" with a few parts. It didn't matter he vanished to nothingness. Now his publisher has agreed to pay back anyone who bought the book for a full refund. Apparently you will also have to return the ispiration the book supplied you as well. And those who it helped get over any addiction will once again have to become addicts.

You might want to sit down for this but.... most books you read aren't true. No one every accussed Steinbeck of being a fraud because Grapes of Wrath never happened. Don't even get me started on Walt Whitman....

The fact of the matter is everyone wants to crucify someone, especially if Oprah tells them to. Let it go people. The book is very well written and is still inspirational, enjoy it and shut up. Who here has never retold a story they heard and pretended it was their own story or ahs every exaggerated their own stoiries for effect??? Is you getting your $9.99 back really going to do anything?? All this is doing is taking a very talented young author away from what he loves to do, and some of us still lvoe to read. The world has been robbed of more novels from this gentleman and you never know who may have picked up one of this books and turned their life around. I hope you and Oprah can sleep well at night.