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What is Beautiful Boy : A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction about?

#1 New York Times bestseller With a New Afterword“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 LamottWhat 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. 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. “‘When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our own pain and that of others.'That's ultimately what Beautiful Boy is about: truth and healing.” — Mary Pipher, auth

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

Author

David Sheff

Publisher

Mariner Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547347929

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Psychology, Family & Relationships

Rating

4.03 / 5 (545 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14