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Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Biography & MemoirHealth
Pages
340
Published
2008
Language
English

Synopsis

This memoir recounts a father's harrowing experience navigating his son's descent into meth addiction and his desperate fight for recovery. It's a raw and honest look at the devastating impact of addiction on a family, and a father's unwavering love and journalistic pursuit of any hope for his child's future.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

EmotionalDarkHopefulReflectiveThought-Provoking
Redemption Arc

Genres

Biography & Memoir Health Sociology Biography Contemporary Literature Self-Help & Psychology

About the author

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David Sheff

David Sheff is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Beautiful Boy. Sheff's other books include Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying. His many articles and interviews have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, Fortune, and elsewhere. His ongoing research and reporting on the science of addiction earned him a place on Time Magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People. Sheff and his family live in Inverness, California.