Beautiful Boy (tie-in) by David Sheff

Beautiful Boy (tie-in)

A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

David Sheff

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 4, 2018

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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Who it’s for
A clear, intimate recovery narrative with plenty to talk over after the last page.
Genres
Addiction & Recovery, Personal Memoirs, Parenting Grown Kids
Published
HarperCollins, September 4, 2018

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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.

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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.

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

Where it sits

Personal Memoirs39%
Parenting Grown Kids36%
Addiction & Recovery30%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Personal Memoirs
  • Survival Stories
  • The Teenage Years
  • Parenting Special Needs
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  • Grief & Loss
  • Fatherhood
  • Mental Health
  • Addiction
Authors
David Sheff
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 4, 2018
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Personal Memoirs