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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

Sheff, David

Paperback

Biographies GeneralAddiction & Recovery

Publisher Price: $20.99

ISBN10: 0547203888
ISBN13: 9780547203881
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: Jan 1 2009
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.60
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Awards: Discover Great New Writers

#1 New York Times bestseller

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 methamphetamine addiction 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. As a father grappling with his son's drug abuse, 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 in this unforgettable family memoir, he refused to give up on Nic.

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