Beautiful boy

a father's journey through his son's addiction

By Sheff, David

Publishers Summary:
From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction. Beautiful Boy is Nic's story, but from the perspective of his father, David.--From amzon.com.

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ISBN
978-0-61868-335-2
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.


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Reviewed on April 15, 2007

Sheff-contributing editor toPlayboy and writer forWired, Fortune , andRolling Stone , among other publications-first introduced readers to Nic in "My Addicted Son," an article he wrote for theNew York Times in 2005. Here, he tells the rest of the story of his son's struggle with methamphetamine addiction. Shef...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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