Beautiful Boy

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This book tells a dreadful, familiar tale. Nic’s parents separate, acrimoniously, when he is three. He has his first joint at twelve. By eighteen, he is addicted to the ‘most malefic drug of all’ – methamphetamine (meth). There are worrying disappearances from home, theft (also from home), violence (‘tweaking’) and trouble with the police. But it’s the father who feels guilty. The son just hates himself and takes more meth.
 
Three things make this book different. Nic does not die (at the time of writing). He writes his side of the story in his own book (“Tweak”). His father, a former drug-taker, knew about meth addiction all along – a university friend died of it on the eve of his fortieth birthday.
 
Alongside the human story, this book examines the origins and usage of meth, its depth of market penetration compared to other drugs and the benefits, or not, of therapy.
 
A lot of books are just like drugs. Once you have started, you can’t stop. This is one of them. If you are a parent, you need to read it. If you are a teenager, you should read it.

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Primary Genre	Biographies & Autobiographies
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