{"product_id":"beautiful-boy-a-fathers-journey-through-his-sons-addiction","title":"Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's  Addiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE NUMBER ONE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff's journey through his son Nic's \u003cb\u003eaddiction to drugs\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003etentative steps toward recovery\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Before \u003cb\u003eNic Sheff\u003c\/b\u003e became addicted to \u003cb\u003ecrystal meth\u003c\/b\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith haunting candour\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e David Sheff\u003c\/b\u003e traces the first subtle warning signs: the denial, the 3am phone calls (\u003ci\u003eis it Nic? the police? the hospital?\u003c\/i\u003e), the attempts at rehab. His \u003cb\u003epreoccupation \u003c\/b\u003ewith Nic \u003cb\u003ebecame an addiction in itself\u003c\/b\u003e, and the obsessive worry and stress took a tremendous toll.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every avenue of treatment that might save his son and \u003cb\u003erefused to give up on Nic\u003c\/b\u003e. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to the emotional rollercoaster of loving a child who seems beyond help. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead the other side of Nic Sheff's bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eTweak\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Boy\u003c\/i\u003e:-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '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'. \u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An important book... moving, timely and startlingly beautiful.'\u003cb\u003e Richard Branson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 448 pages | Published December 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63997346971997,"sku":"9781471177934","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781471177934.jpg?v=1774584930","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/beautiful-boy-a-fathers-journey-through-his-sons-addiction","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}