Beautiful Things
A Memoir
Gallery Books · Print & ebook · May 31, 2022
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love,” Hunter Biden writes in this deeply moving and “unflinchingly honest” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir of addiction, loss, and survival.
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- Who it’s for
- readers interested in personal memoirs of addiction and recovery
- Themes
- addiction, family loss, redemption
- Pacing
- Reflective
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love,” Hunter Biden writes in this deeply moving and “unflinchingly honest” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir of addiction, loss, and survival. When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister.
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In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of forty-six. These hardships were compounded by the collapse of his marriage and a years-long battle with drug and alcohol addiction. In Beautiful Things—“an astonishingly candid and brave book about loss, human frailty, wayward souls, and hard-fought redemption” (Dave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author)—Hunter recounts his descent into substance abuse and his tortuous path to sobriety. The story ends with where Hunter is today—a sober married man with a new baby, finally able to appreciate the beautiful things in life.
Who it’s for
- readers interested in personal memoirs of addiction and recovery
- readers seeking stories of family tragedy and resilience
Where it sits
| Political Lives | 73% |
|---|---|
| Addiction & Recovery | 66% |
| Personal Memoirs | 66% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Political Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- Addiction & Recovery
- Authors
- Hunter Biden
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Published
- May 31, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- addiction · family loss · redemption
- Reading lane
- Political Lives