Author : David Sheff
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780618683352
Sheff's story tells of his teenage son's addiction to meth, in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the family's gradual emergence into hope.
Author : Nic Sheff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 50,40 MB
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1471109739
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET ‘It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago.’ Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11. 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 to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. He paints an extraordinary picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. Tweak is a raw, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful tale of the road from relapse to recovery and complements his father’s parallel memoir, Beautiful Boy. Praise for Nic Sheff:- ‘Difficult to read and impossible to put down.’Chicago Tribune 'Nic Sheff's wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight.' Armistead Maupin
Author : Elias Khoury
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 30,45 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0982624689
A New York Times Notable Book This “imposingly rich . . . a genuine masterwork” vividly captures the Palestinian experience following the creation of the Israeli state (New York Times Book Review). After Palestine is torn apart in 1948, two men remain alone in a deserted makeshift hospital in the Shatila camp on the outskirts of Beirut—entering a vast world of displacement, fear, and tenuous hope. Khalil holds vigil at the bedside of his patient and spiritual father, a storied leader of the Palestinian resistance who has slipped into a coma. As Khalil attempts to revive Yunes, he begins a story, which branches into many: stories of the people expelled from their villages in Galilee; of the massacres that followed; of the extraordinary inner strength of those who survived; and of love. Khalil—like Elias Khoury—is a truth collector, trying to make sense of the fragments and various versions of stories that have been told to him. His voice is intimate and direct, his memories are vivid, his humanity radiates from every page. Khalil lets his mind wander through time, from village to village, from one astonishing soul to another, and takes us with him. Gate of the Sun is a Palestinian Odyssey and the first magnum opus of the Palestinian saga. Beautifully weaving together haunting stories of survival and loss, love and devastation, memory and dream, Khoury humanizes the complex Palestinian struggle as he brings to life the story of an entire people.
Author : Germaine Greer
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 31,74 MB
Release : 2007-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500284889
A genuinely groundbreaking work which has changed the way we look at boys in art, in literature and in life. In a series of carefully constructed and dazzlingly illustrated themes, ranging from the boy as a passive love object to soldier boys, from the boy under the female gaze to what is a boy?, Germaine Greer opens our eyes and invites us to appreciate boys in all their sensuality, flirtatiousness and vulnerability.
Author : Nic Sheff
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 40,67 MB
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0316175897
In his follow-up to his bestselling memoir Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff reveals a brutally honest account of a young person's struggles with relapse and rehab. In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through his days as an addict. In this powerful follow-up about his continued efforts to stay clean, Nic writes candidly about eye-opening stays at rehab centers, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction. By candidly revealing his own failures and small personal triumphs, Nic inspires readers to maintain hope and to remember that they are not alone in their battles. A group reading guide is included. Nic Sheff's Tweak, We All Fall Down, and his father's memoir about him (Beautiful Boy) are the basis of the film Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.
Author : Plexus
Publisher : Plexus Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 20,22 MB
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780859655651
This visual exploration of the success of Timothée Chalamet will serve as the perfect introduction for those unacquainted with the 24-year-old actor as well as delighting Chalabaes, Timmy Stans and Chalamaniacs alike.
Author : B. T. Gottfred
Publisher : Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1627798528
Zee, whom everyone assumes is a lesbian, and Art, who everyone assumes is gay, form a complicated relationship in which they explore their sexuality and their own sense of personal identity.
Author : David Sheff
Publisher : Clarion Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 16,62 MB
Release : 2019
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 0544644344
Provides information on drug and alcohol use, shares the stories of families who have lived through addiction, and teaches readers how to navigate peer pressure and stress.
Author : Grace R. Duncan
Publisher : Dreamspinner Press LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Gay men
ISBN : 9781634764070
With his world crashing down, can Kyle trust Mal--and their developing relationship--or will he risk losing everything?
Author : David Sheff
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 19,57 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Medical
ISBN : 054784865X
The author of the #1 "New York Times"-bestseller "Beautiful Boy" offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families' struggles with--and triumphs over--drug abuse.
