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The 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years slates books team selects the definitive works of reporting, memoir, and argument of the past quartercentury. In the tradition of blackout and permanent midnight, a darkly funny and revealing debut memoir of one womans twentyyear battle with sex, drugs, and alcohol. Beautiful boy has not been on shelves for long, but it is already considered. With drug education for children more important than ever, this nonfiction book draws on the experiences of the ny times bestselling fatherson team of david and nic sheff to provide all the information teens and tweens need to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction.
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