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Beautiful Boy (tie-in) by David Sheff

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Beautiful Boy (tie-in)

A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

David Sheff

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 4, 2018

Reading lane: Personal Memoirs

The #1 New York Times best-selling story of addiction and a father's love: “A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom.

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What Pulls You In

A clear, intimate recovery narrative with plenty to talk over after the last page.

Come here for

  • father-and-son reckoning
  • book-club conversation starter

Expect

  • accessible, emotionally direct prose
  • a sustained read with keepsake appeal

Book Details

Authors
David Sheff
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 4, 2018
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Personal Memoirs · Survival Stories
Reading lane
Personal Memoirs

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Publisher Categories

  • Personal Memoirs

  • Survival Stories

  • The Teenage Years

  • Parenting Special Needs

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  • Grief & Loss

  • Fatherhood

  • Mental Health

  • Psychopathology / Addiction

About This Book

The #1 New York Times best-selling story of addiction and a father's love: “A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts.”—Anne Lamott What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Be...

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The #1 New York Times best-selling story of addiction and a father's love: “A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts.”—Anne Lamott What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first warning signs: the denial, the three a.m. phone calls—is it Nic? the police? the hospital? His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself. But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every treatment that might save his son. And he refused to give up on Nic. Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet. With a new Afterword from the author.

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