So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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With a literary journalist's skill and a father's compassion, David Sheff lets readers in to a heartbreaking and hopeful story. Sheff holds nothing back as he writes of his initial denial of his young son's drug use and the ups and downs of the years that followed. For anyone who's walked this same path, Beautiful Boy will be a comfort. For those who haven't, it will offer insight and understanding into the complexities of addiction. It took courage for Sheff and his family to lay out this journey for others to read, and it takes courage to read it. I cried, cheered, worried, and wondered along with them. Now I want to read the son's version; he's written two memoirs of his own - Tweak and We All Fall Down.
Elizabeth Austen’s "Every Dress a Decision" is a moving, thought-provoking, and insightful collection of poems. I have to force myself to not race on to the next poem as soon as I finish the one I'm reading - they're all so good I can't wait to see what's next. Yet, each poem has such substance that I'm equally tempted to go back and read again the one I've just finished; when I do, I find more layers of meaning. In Austen’s voice I hear my own and that of other women; men who read will tap into the hearts and minds of the women they love.
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff
Iris, December 7, 2011
With a literary journalist's skill and a father's compassion, David Sheff lets readers in to a heartbreaking and hopeful story. Sheff holds nothing back as he writes of his initial denial of his young son's drug use and the ups and downs of the years that followed. For anyone who's walked this same path, Beautiful Boy will be a comfort. For those who haven't, it will offer insight and understanding into the complexities of addiction. It took courage for Sheff and his family to lay out this journey for others to read, and it takes courage to read it. I cried, cheered, worried, and wondered along with them. Now I want to read the son's version; he's written two memoirs of his own - Tweak and We All Fall Down.Iris, September 22, 2011
Elizabeth Austen’s "Every Dress a Decision" is a moving, thought-provoking, and insightful collection of poems. I have to force myself to not race on to the next poem as soon as I finish the one I'm reading - they're all so good I can't wait to see what's next. Yet, each poem has such substance that I'm equally tempted to go back and read again the one I've just finished; when I do, I find more layers of meaning. In Austen’s voice I hear my own and that of other women; men who read will tap into the hearts and minds of the women they love.