Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff

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

David Sheff

317 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional sad slow-paced

Description

Sheff s 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. Before meth, Sheff s son Nic was a varsity athlete, honor stud...

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emotional 88%
sad 74%
informative 62%
reflective 60%
dark 46%
challenging 42%
hopeful 34%
inspiring 31%
tense 30%
adventurous 1%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 32%
fast 7%

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