Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is the memoir of the actor Matthew Perry, published on 1 November 2022 by Flatiron Books (Macmillan) in the US and Headline in the UK. It covers his long struggle with addiction and his years as Chandler Bing in Friends, with a foreword by Lisa Kudrow.
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- 2
- First edition
- Flatiron Books, 2022
- First published
- Flatiron Books, 2022
- First UK edition
- Headline, 2022
The first edition of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry was published by Flatiron Books in 2022. We track 2 editions.
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- 10 on Open Library, 6 in English
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- Articles in 4 languages
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Who published the first edition of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing?
The first edition of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry was published by Flatiron Books in 2022.
How many editions of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing are there?
We track 2 editions of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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