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Author: Nic Sheff
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Imprint: Scribner UK
Edition: Reissue
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 19.80cm
ISBN: 9781471177941
ISBN 10: 1471177947
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 27 December 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
'A raw and sad account, vivid in its depiction of the pleasures and tunnel vision of addiction and the challenges of sobriety.' * Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books * 'The trajectory of drug addiction is nothing new, but Sheff's lucid, simple prose makes the heartbreaking journey seem fresh.' * San Francisco Chronicle * 'Full of jaw-tightening and occasionally grisly scenes of shooting up, deals gone bad, guns and sex, Sheff's story takes off like a shot in the arm with a terse, honest, and spontaneous narrative.' * Kirkus Reviews * 'Raw, powerful, and honest.' * The Bookseller * 'Both takes on this story are riveting, brilliantly written, thoughtful, searingly honest and equally essential. They should be mandatory reading for every teenager and every parent of one.' * Daily Mail *
'Searingly honest.' * Booklist * 'You begin to understand how love can miss its mark and spiral toward tragedy.' * Reading Room * 'Graphic and detailed memoir [that] painfully depicts the author's addiction to methamphetamines and his tortuous, tentative journey to health.' * School Library Journal * 'Sheff details his downward spiral, and the reader feels his desperation . . .' * VOYA * 'Riveting.' * Playboy * 'The harrowing story of a decade of youthful drug abuse.' * The Seattle Post-Intelligencer * 'An unflinching chronicle of life as an addict.' * U.S. News & World Report * 'Difficult to read and impossible to put down.' * Chicago Tribune * 'Nic Sheff's wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight.' -- Armistead Maupin 'A raw and sad account, vivid in its depiction of the pleasures and tunnel vision of addiction and the challenges of sobriety.' * Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books * 'The trajectory of drug addiction is nothing new, but Sheff's lucid, simple prose makes the heartbreaking journey seem fresh.' * San Francisco Chronicle * 'Full of jaw-tightening and occasionally grisly scenes of shooting up, deals gone bad, guns and sex, Sheff's story takes off like a shot in the arm with a terse, honest, and spontaneous narrative.' * Kirkus Reviews * 'Raw, powerful, and honest.' * The Bookseller * 'Both takes on this story are riveting, brilliantly written, thoughtful, searingly honest and equally essential. They should be mandatory reading for every teenager and every parent of one.' * Daily Mail *
Author Information
Nic Sheff is the author of two memoirs about his struggles with addiction: the New York Times bestselling Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines and We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction. Nic lives in Los Angeles, California where he writes for film and television.
