📗 Libro en inglés BEAUTIFUL BOY

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET 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 journey through his son Nic s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery 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 stole and lived on the streets With haunting candour David Sheff traces the first subtle warning signs the denial the 3am phone calls is it Nic the police the hospital the attempts at rehab 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 This 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 Beautiful Boy is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to th