Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's AddictionHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008 - 326 pagini "When Nic was growing up, I thought I would be content with whatever choices he made in his life... Now I live with the knowledge that, never mind the most modest definition o fnormal or healthy life, my son may not make it to twenty-one." What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff's harrowing journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Beautiful Boy is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to the emotional rollercoaster of loving a child who seems beyond help. Before Nic Sheff 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 repeatedly, stole money from his eight-year-old brother, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first subtle warning signs: the denial, the three A.M. phone calls (is it Nic? the police? the hospital?), the rehabs. His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself, and the obsessive worry and stress took a tremendous toll. But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every avenue of treatment that might save his son and refused to give up on Nic. Beautiful Boy grew out of an article in the New York Times Magazine that drew an overwhelming response from readers grateful that Sheff had finally given voice to the devastating experience they shared. As the psychologist Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia, said in praise of Beautiful Boy, "When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our pain and that of others." -- Book Jacket. |
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Pagina 1
... sitting at the kitchen table cutting , pasting , and color- ing notes and welcome - home banners for his homecoming . They have not seen their big brother in six months . In the morning , when it's time to leave for the airport , I go ...
... sitting at the kitchen table cutting , pasting , and color- ing notes and welcome - home banners for his homecoming . They have not seen their big brother in six months . In the morning , when it's time to leave for the airport , I go ...
Pagina 2
... sit next to him , and so , after throwing his bags into the way back , he climbs over Jasper and buckles in between them . In turn he clasps each of their heads between the palms of his hands and kisses their cheeks . " It's so good to ...
... sit next to him , and so , after throwing his bags into the way back , he climbs over Jasper and buckles in between them . In turn he clasps each of their heads between the palms of his hands and kisses their cheeks . " It's so good to ...
Pagina 4
... sits on a miniature couch between their twin beds , his long legs stretched out on the floor . He reads from The Witches , by Roald Dahl . We hear his voice - voices - from the next room : the boy narrator , all wonder and earnestness ...
... sits on a miniature couch between their twin beds , his long legs stretched out on the floor . He reads from The Witches , by Roald Dahl . We hear his voice - voices - from the next room : the boy narrator , all wonder and earnestness ...
Pagina 5
... sits down to a bowl of ce- real with Jasper and Daisy . " Daisy , " he says . " Your hose attack was brilliant , but I'm going to get you for it . Watch your back . " She cranes her neck . " I can't see it . " Nic says , " I love you ...
... sits down to a bowl of ce- real with Jasper and Daisy . " Daisy , " he says . " Your hose attack was brilliant , but I'm going to get you for it . Watch your back . " She cranes her neck . " I can't see it . " Nic says , " I love you ...
Pagina 6
... sitting down for dinner . With one hand aloft , balancing an imaginary tray , he enters , singing in a lilting Italian accent , " Oh , this is the night , it's a beauti- ful night , and we call it bella notte . " After dinner , Nic asks ...
... sitting down for dinner . With one hand aloft , balancing an imaginary tray , he enters , singing in a lilting Italian accent , " Oh , this is the night , it's a beauti- ful night , and we call it bella notte . " After dinner , Nic asks ...
Cuprins
stay up late | 15 |
his drug of choice | 103 |
whatever | 121 |
if only | 169 |
never any knowing | 233 |
epilogue | 305 |
Acknowledgments | 317 |
Resources | 319 |
323 | |
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction David Sheff Previzualizare limitată - 2009 |
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction David Sheff Previzualizare limitată - 2009 |
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction David Sheff Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2008 |
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