Mi Hijo Precioso: El Viaje de Un Padre a Través de la Adicción de Su Hijo / Beau Tiful Boy Contributor(s): Sheff, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307455688 ISBN-13: 9780307455680 Publisher: Vintage Espanol OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: February 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2008043629 |
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.18" W x 8.04" (0.63 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Catalog Heading - Spanish/Bilingual - Curriculum Strand - Spanish/Bilingual |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Ahora en la gran pantalla Mi hijo precioso es una crónica entrañable y aterradora sobre cómo las adicciones no sólo dañan a los adictos, sino a todos los que les rodean. David Sheff ha escrito un poderoso y conmovedor retrato de familia, ahora adaptado para la gran pantalla y protagonizado por Steve Carrell y Timothée Chalamet. "Una historia brillante, desgarradora, desgarradora y fascinante, llena de hermosos momentos y sabiduría ganada con esfuerzo. Este libro salvará muchas vidas y curará muchos corazones . - Anne Lamott ENGLISH DESCRIPTION"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." -- Anne Lamott "'When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our own pain and that of others.' That's ultimately what Beautiful Boy is about: truth and healing." -- Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff's journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic 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. David Sheff traces the first warning signs: the denial, the three a.m. phone calls--is it Nic? the police? the hospital? His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself. But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every treatment that might save his son. And he refused to give up on Nic. "Filled with compelling anecdotes and important insights . . . An eye-opening memoir." -- Washington Post |