Mi hijo precioso: El viaje de un padre a través de la adicción de su hijo / Beau tiful Boy

From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction. Beautiful Boy is Nic's story, but from the perspective of his father, David. Achingly honest, it chronicles the betrayal, pain, and terrifying question marks that haunt the loved ones of an addict. Many respond to addiction with a painful oath of silence, but David Sheff opens up personal wounds to reinforce that it is a disease, and must be treated as such. Most importantly, his journey provides those in similar situations with a commodity that they can never lose: hope

David Sheff es escritor y periodista. Sus numerosos artículos y entrevistas han aparecido en el New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired y Fortune entre otros. Su artículo para el New York Times “Mi hijo adicto” mereció un premio de la Asociación Psicológica Americana por su “extraordinaria contribución al entendimiento de la adicción”. Sheff y su familia viven en Inverness, California.