Nic Sheff and his father David Sheff captured a nation of readers with their bestselling memoirs, Tweak and Beautiful Boy. These books explore teen drug addiction from two different points of view: a father's and a son's. Nic currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and writes for TV, including for the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.
Praise for Tweak:
"Difficult to read and impossible to put down."--Chicago
Tribune
Praise for We All Fall Down:
"Sheff is blessed with off-the-charts readability, and his sex- and
profanity-laced first-person narration makes him lovable and
hateable in equal measure."--Booklist (starred review)
"Tweak is...Bukowski and Burroughs, the heart to his dad's head --
and the kid can write."--Seattle Weekly
"An unflinching chronicle of life as an addict."--U.S. News & World
Report
"Nic Sheff captures the insidious, almost vampiric mind-set of an
addict who shrinks from any form of light. This book has more in
common with Kafka than any recovery memoir I've read."--Mary Karr,
New York Times bestselling author of Lit and The Liars' Club
"Sheff's journey, like his writing, is raw and compelling,
heartbreaking and witty. An honest and gracious reflection about
the challenges of recovery."--Rachel Sontag, author of House Rules:
A Memoir
"Sheff's story takes off like a shot in the arm with a terse,
honest and spontaneous narrative."--Kirkus
"The present-tense storytelling and Sheff's authentic voice will
keep readers engaged... Sheff doesn't provide simple answers--or
any answers, really--but readers will respect his ability to move
forward 'at my own pace.'"--PW
"The trajectory of drug use is nothing new, but Sheff's lucid,
simple prose makes the heartbreaking journey seem fresh."--San
Francisco Chronicle
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