April 5th, 2012 Best-Selling Author David Sheff in Burlington

April 5th, 2012: Best-Selling Author David Sheff in Burlington

Author David Sheff will speak about addiction and his experience as a parent.  The evening will also include a panel discussion featuring leading Vermont experts to talk about drug abuse in our community.

April 5th, 2012
7:00 PM
Contois Auditorium - Burlington, VT

Tickets: $15 in advance or at the door
*special $7 tickets available at the door for low-income folks
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David Sheff is the author of Beautiful Boy, based on his article “My Addicted Son,” which appeared in the New York Times Magazine. The article won a special award from the American Psychological Association for “outstanding contribution to the understanding of addiction.”

Beautiful Boy, a number-1 New York Times Best Seller, was named the Best Nonfiction Book of 2009 by Entertainment Weekly and it won first place in the 2009 Barnes and Noble Discover Award in nonfiction. Sheff's research and writing about this subject is ongoing; he contributed to HBO's Addiction: Why Can’t They Just Stop and is writing a new book about mental health and addiction care in America. In 2009, Sheff was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People.

Read about David Sheff in the NY Times!
 

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