Tweak by Nic Sheff
Aheartbreaking and powerful memoir of a young man's plunge into the mental and physical depths of crystal meth addiction.
'Extremely well written..detailed and visceral.' * Daily Telegraph magazine *
'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 *
'Raw, powerful, and honest.' * The Bookseller *
'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 *
'The trajectory of drug addiction is nothing new, but Sheff's lucid, simple prose makes the heartbreaking journey seem fresh.' * San Francisco Chronicle *
'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 *
'Nic Sheff’s wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight.' -- Armistead Maupin
'Difficult to read and impossible to put down.' * Chicago Tribune *
'An unflinching chronicle of life as an addict.' * U.S. News & World Report *
'The harrowing story of a decade of youthful drug abuse.' * The Seattle Post-Intelligencer *
'Riveting.' * Playboy *
'Sheff details his downward spiral, and the reader feels his desperation...' * VOYA *
'Graphic and detailed memoir [that] painfully depicts the author’s addiction to methamphetamines and his tortuous, tentative journey to health.' * School Library Journal *
'You begin to understand how love can miss its mark and spiral toward tragedy.' * Reading Room *
'Searingly honest.' * Booklist *
'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 *
'Raw, powerful, and honest.' * The Bookseller *
'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 *
'The trajectory of drug addiction is nothing new, but Sheff's lucid, simple prose makes the heartbreaking journey seem fresh.' * San Francisco Chronicle *
'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 *
'Nic Sheff’s wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight.' -- Armistead Maupin
'Difficult to read and impossible to put down.' * Chicago Tribune *
'An unflinching chronicle of life as an addict.' * U.S. News & World Report *
'The harrowing story of a decade of youthful drug abuse.' * The Seattle Post-Intelligencer *
'Riveting.' * Playboy *
'Sheff details his downward spiral, and the reader feels his desperation...' * VOYA *
'Graphic and detailed memoir [that] painfully depicts the author’s addiction to methamphetamines and his tortuous, tentative journey to health.' * School Library Journal *
'You begin to understand how love can miss its mark and spiral toward tragedy.' * Reading Room *
'Searingly honest.' * Booklist *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781471177941 |
| ISBN 10 | 1471177947 |
| Title | Tweak |
| Author | Nic Sheff |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-12-27 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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