Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction
by David Sheff
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff holds a highly rated rating of 4.03 out of 5, based on 36.7K reader ratings. First published in 2007. The book spans 317 pages.
About Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff 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 subtle warning signs: the denial, the 3 A.M. phone calls (is it Nic? The police? The hospital?), the rehabs. His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself, and the obsessive worry and stress took a tremendous toll, but as a journalist, he instinctively researched every avenue of treatment that might save his son and refused to give up on him. Beautiful Boy is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to the emotional roller coaster of loving a child who seems beyond help.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | David Sheff |
| Published | 2007 |
| Pages | 317 |
| Kindle Price | $9.99 |
| Genres | Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Psychology, Fiction |
| Average Rating | 4.03 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 36,682 |
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction is categorized as Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Psychology. Its primary genre classification is Biography & Memoir.
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Based on 36.7K reader ratings, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction has an average score of 4.03 out of 5.00, which is considered "Highly Rated."
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction has 317 pages.
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction was written by David Sheff. It was first published in 2007.
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The ISBN-13 for Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction is 9780618683350.0.
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