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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 362.299092 EAN: 9781416913627 ISBN: 1416913629 Label: Ginee Seo Books Manufacturer: Ginee Seo Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: February 19, 2008 Publisher: Ginee Seo Books Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Ginee Seo Books Editorial Review: Product Description: Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer in California to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. As we watch Nic plunge the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, he paints a picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. It's a harrowing portrait -- but not one without hope. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - It had potential but poorly writtenFor someone that repeatedly proclaims his writing expertise I was very disappointed with this book. It is a rambling, self-centered pity party. I read "Beautiful Boy" and thought that it was an excellent book that successfully portrayed the horrible struggle that parents have when their children start using drugs - the out of control aspect, the helplessness, the grief - this book really showed them all. I thought that having a second book written by the son telling his side of the tale ... Read More Rating:  - Eye opening and frighteningI ordered this book along with the father's when I saw them on Oprah. I have shared them with my son who is only 21 and has been in prison for almost 2 yrs because of drug addiction. Because of these books he has opened up and we can honestly talk about how to set goals to stay clean once he is released. Just like the book sometimes you find out things that you can never imagine your precious child has gone through to get that high. Rating:  - What a selfish authorOK, I read it (groan). He painted some lovely characters but didn't resolve them, I was left thinking it was all about him, and I gather meth recovery is selfish(from his book). I only wish he would go back to college, study modern history and sociology, and really learn how to write. I feel a bit ripped off for buying and reading the book, I was not enlightened at all, nor did I warm to him. I am lying awake still thinking it was a huge name dropping exercise ... "Mum and Dad were journalists, ... Read More Rating: - Honest and HopefulThis book was so honest and left me with hope. I thought he was a strong writer and I can not wait for his next work. Rating: - Fascinating trip down a very dark streetI read this book after reading "Beautiful Boy" and was eager to see what the other side of the story looked like. What Nic was experiencing was even more dreadful than his father imagined. Unlike other reviewers, I think Nic offers some insights, maybe tentative ones, into why he becomes an addict. As a former high school teacher and the teacher of a college class in young adult literature, I have to comment on the publication of this book by a young readers press. The book if legitimately and accurately ... Read More |
