Tweak Growing up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff


The companion to the bestselling Beautiful Boy by David Sheff

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. 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 in California to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. As we watch Nic plunge the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, he paints a picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. It's a harrowing portrait -- but not one without hope.

Nic Sheff is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. Still in his early twenties, he continues to fight daily battles with his addictions. His writing has been published in Newsweek, Nerve, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Tweak is his first book.

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Everyone is talking about Tweak:

“Bleak House” – Entertainment Weekly
“A Twice-Told Tale of Addiction: By Father, by Son” -- New York Times
“Youths with adult issues in ‘Tweak,’ ‘Words’ -- San Francisco Chronicle
“Mirror images of meth’s destructive power” -- Los Angeles Times
“Memoirs of Meth Addiction from a Father and Son” -- NPR
“Hindsight helps David and Nic Sheff reflect on meth addiction in ‘Beautiful Boy,’ ‘Tweak’” -- The Oregonian
Tweak review -- teensreadtoo.com

TOUR INFO
October 6, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
6600 Menaul Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110

October 7, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
5130 E. Broadway
Tucson, AZ 85711

October 8, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
21001 N. Tatum Blvd
Phoenix, AZ 85050

October 10, 11:00 am
Scottsdale Public Library -- Civic Center Library
3839 N Drinkwater Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

October 10, 7:00 pm
Changing Hands Bookstore
6428 S McClintock Dr
Tempe, AZ 85283

October 23, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
10775 Westview Parkway
San Diego, CA 92126

Listen to a podcast with Nic and his father.

Read the first chapter of Tweak.

Read an interview with Nic about his experience writing Tweak.

Visit the website of Nic’s father, who wrote the bestselling companion memoir Beautiful Boy.

See Nic’s blog responses to reader questions.

To book Nicolas Sheff for a speaking engagement, contact his Speakers Bureau, the American Program Bureau at www.apbspeakers.com.

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