Beautiful Boy

In 'Beautiful Boy,' a Writer Confronts His Son's Meth Addiction

The question that tears at David Sheff, a magazine writer living in Marin County, outside San Francisco, is "Why?" Why did his oldest son, Nic, a charming and thoughtful young man who loved drawing, writing, reading and surfing, slide into drug addiction? It's something many parents in David's position ask, even as they despair of a satisfying answer. Nic tells his father that crystal meth filled a void in his life. The first time he consumed it, he says, his world went "from black and white to Technicolor," and he's reluctant to go back. [...]

di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (3683 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 11 ottobre 2018