Beautiful Boy, David Sheff
Beautiful Boy, David Sheff
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Beautiful Boy
A Father's Journey through His Son's Addiction

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Author: David Sheff

Narrator: Anthony Heald

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2008

Synopsis

David Sheffs story is a first: a teenagers addiction from the parents point of view, a realtime chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into hope. Before meth, Sheffs son, Nic, was a varsity athlete, honor student, and awardwinning journalist. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who stole money from his eightyearold brother and lived on the streets. With haunting candor, Sheff traces the first warning signs, the attempts at rehabilitation, and, at last, the way past addiction. He shows us that, whatever an addicts fate, the rest of the family must care for one another, too, lest they become addicted to addiction.

About David Sheff

David Sheff is the author of multiple books including the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Beautiful Boy, which was recently turned into a movie starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Rolling Stone, Wired, Fortune, and elsewhere. His piece for The New York Times, “My Addicted Son,” received an award from the American Psychological Association for Outstanding Contribution to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Jase on 2008-08-06 17:55:51

As a parent, the story is heartbreaking but hopeful. I thought the narration was great, almost as if the auther was reading himself, but I think the abridged version would have sufficed. I'm anxious to read his son's novel of the same account.

Goodreads review by Tayari on June 01, 2010

The writing was good, but I couldn't stop thinking that rich people are very lucky. Thier kids can be drug addicts and not go to jail. It would have been better if the author had really acknowledged that.......more

Goodreads review by Mary on November 27, 2018

David Sheff didn't miss a single experience of having a drug-addicted son. He seconds guesses himself repeatedly. David reads about it, asks questions, studies new and old treatment, loses sleep, abandons himself of loved ones, sets apart his life over and over again. David is depressed. He makes hi......more

Goodreads review by Cori on October 26, 2022

This family has incredible moxie, man. The strength it would take to throw your mess out to the wolves hoping it could help a few lost sheep is awesome. Not to mention, the father and son both did it. I love that. The juxtaposition between the two books is amazing. I see a lot of mixed reviews on thi......more

Goodreads review by Jen on May 16, 2008

I liked this book a lot better than Tweak. The father is a great writer, and he did a great job making me feel as if I was going through the experience with him. He also presents a lot of research on crystal meth and its effects on users. I changed my rating from a 5 to a 4 after I read Tweak howeve......more

Goodreads review by Maria on September 06, 2019

The Battle Beautiful Boy is a non-fiction story about a fight: a desperate father and a doped son embarked in a battle against methamphetamine. The refered battle could have been shorter if father and son didn’t waste so much time battling each other instead of acting as a team towards the devilish m......more

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