![]() "I left the impression that the truth does not matter," Ms. But two weeks later, on January 26, she apologized for that call on her own show. Oprah Winfrey called in to the live program that night to voice her support for A Million Little Pieces, saying its "underlying message of redemption" still resonated with her. A lot of the events took place while I was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. A lot of the events I was writing about took place between 15 and 25 years ago. King, "that I've changed things, that in certain cases things were toned up, in certain cases things were toned down, that names were changed, that identifying characteristics were changed. "I've acknowledged that there were embellishments in the book," the author told Mr. ![]() When suspicions about James Frey's memoir first began capturing news headlines, the author appeared on the cable TV program "Larry King Live" to talk about the charges. The controversy provoked by those admissions is raising bigger questions about how much invention - if any - is allowed in memoirs. ![]() Frey found himself defending his memoir of drug addiction and recovery, and eventually admitting it contained major falsehoods. When a January 8th article on The Smoking Gun website charged that portions of the book were fabricated, Mr. ![]() ![]() James Frey's memoir A Million Little Pieces became one of the best-selling books of last year after being picked for the Oprah Winfrey television book club now it has also become one of the most scrutinized. ![]()
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