Summary of David Sheff's Beautiful Boy

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#1 I was enraptured by my son, Nic, when he was born in July 1982. I willingly forsook sleep, soothed his crying, and sang him lullabies. I was among the first generation of self-conscious parents.

#2 We visit Train Town in nearby Sonoma, where Nic conducts a steam locomotive past miniature barns and windmills. We travel to Yosemite National Park and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

#3 When we divorce, our son is hit hard. We divide the china and the art, and our young son is sent to live with each of us. It becomes clear that joint custody is the best approach, but the lawyers we hire charge more than two hundred dollars an hour and require five- to ten-thousand-dollar retainers.

#4 I would spend the school year with Nic in San Francisco, and he would spend holidays and summers with me in Southern California. I would have him with me for the day-to-day of the school year, but what would Christmas be like without him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822505759

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Insights on David Sheff's Beautiful Boy

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was enraptured by my son, Nic, when he was born in July 1982. I willingly forsook sleep, soothed his crying, and sang him lullabies. I was among the first generation of self-conscious parents.

#2

We visit Train Town in nearby Sonoma, where Nic conducts a steam locomotive past miniature barns and windmills. We travel to Yosemite National Park and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

#3

When we divorce, our son is hit hard. We divide the china and the art, and our young son is sent to live with each of us. It becomes clear that joint custody is the best approach, but the lawyers we hire charge more than two hundred dollars an hour and require five- to ten-thousand-dollar retainers.

#4

I would spend the school year with Nic in San Francisco, and he would spend holidays and summers with me in Southern California. I would have him with me for the day-to-day of the school year, but what would Christmas be like without him.

#5

My son, Nic, is five years old. He goes to a progressive San Francisco school that focuses on the whole child. He loves movies, and he is trying hard to grow up, although selectively.

#6

Nic is a student who is well behaved and creative. He gets in mild trouble on occasion, but he is mostly well behaved. He has nightmares from time to time, in which he is required to submit to vampire checks like the ones his classmates go through when they are infected with lice.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I have to get Nic to school on time,