This book is the continuation of A Million Little Pieces. Even though there was a lot of controversy around A Million Little Pieces, I enjoyed both of these books thoroughly. This is the story of James trying to rebuild his life after his time in rehab and jail. He deals with the struggles of an addict trying to work his way back into his old life in Chicago. Leonard, his friend from rehab, is his constant support and is there throughout this time.
Leonard is a man whose business is of unsavory origins. James works for him for a little bit delivering briefcases to different locations, but decides that he wants a completely clean life and stops to work on becoming a writer. Leonard continues to show up in James life at times of sorrow and joy.
James lives life hard and it is very evident in his books. Like his other novels, his punctuation and capitalization is far from what we all learn in school, but it somehow works instead of bothering me in this book. I read this while visiting family over Christmas, and still managed to finish it in two days as I would read at night before falling asleep. I just wanted to know what was going to happen.
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