{"product_id":"beautiful-boy-a-fathers-journey-through-his-sons-addiction-1","title":"David Sheff: Beautiful Boy [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE NUMBER ONE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff's journey through his son Nic's \u003cb\u003eaddiction to drugs\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003etentative steps toward recovery\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Before \u003cb\u003eNic Sheff\u003c\/b\u003e became addicted to \u003cb\u003ecrystal meth\u003c\/b\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith haunting candour\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e David Sheff\u003c\/b\u003e traces the first subtle warning signs: the denial, the 3am phone calls (\u003ci\u003eis it Nic? the police? the hospital?\u003c\/i\u003e), the attempts at rehab. His \u003cb\u003epreoccupation \u003c\/b\u003ewith Nic \u003cb\u003ebecame an addiction in itself\u003c\/b\u003e, and the obsessive worry and stress took a tremendous toll.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every avenue of treatment that might save his son and \u003cb\u003erefused to give up on Nic\u003c\/b\u003e. This story is a first: a teenager's addiction from the parent's point of view - a real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into hope. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to the emotional rollercoaster of loving a child who seems beyond help. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the other side of Nic Sheff's bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eTweak\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Boy\u003c\/i\u003e:-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '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'. \u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An important book... moving, timely and startlingly beautiful.'\u003cb\u003e Richard Branson\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Sheff, David","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44515629957410,"sku":"9781471182204","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sheff-david-david-sheff-beautiful-boy-2018-paperback-9781471182204-60297606496595.jpg?v=1733382124","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/beautiful-boy-a-fathers-journey-through-his-sons-addiction-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}