Handsome boy
14.99 €
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Handsome boy
14.99 €
What happened to my beautiful boy?
To our family?
What did I do wrong?
These are the questions that haunt David Sheff every moment of his journey to overcome his son’s drug addiction. Nick was a charming young man, a fun-loving, high-achieving varsity athlete adored by his younger siblings. Then he became a trembling ghost who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. With disarming candor, David Sheff traces the early warning signs: the denial, the 3 a.m. phone calls (“Is that you, son? The police? The hospital?”), the attempts at rehabilitation.
David’s help for his son turned into an addiction. The anxiety and stress nearly broke him. He explored every treatment that could save his son, and he wasn’t about to give up on Nick.
This is the story of a teenager’s addiction to a parent, and a parent’s addiction to a child. A chronicle of hope’s fall and return.
The book was made into a film starring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carrell, which was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.
To our family?
What did I do wrong?
These are the questions that haunt David Sheff every moment of his journey to overcome his son’s drug addiction. Nick was a charming young man, a fun-loving, high-achieving varsity athlete adored by his younger siblings. Then he became a trembling ghost who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. With disarming candor, David Sheff traces the early warning signs: the denial, the 3 a.m. phone calls (“Is that you, son? The police? The hospital?”), the attempts at rehabilitation.
David’s help for his son turned into an addiction. The anxiety and stress nearly broke him. He explored every treatment that could save his son, and he wasn’t about to give up on Nick.
This is the story of a teenager’s addiction to a parent, and a parent’s addiction to a child. A chronicle of hope’s fall and return.
The book was made into a film starring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carrell, which was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.
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