The son of the current United States president recounts his descent into substance abuse and his tortuous path to sobriety.
What The Reviewers Say
Marianne Szegedy-Maszak,
The Washington Post
... at once harrowing, relentless and a determined exercise in trying to seize his own narrative from the clutches of the Republicans and the press.
Jo Livingstone,
The New Republic
... a vague sense of magical destiny and a dose of inexplicable charm.
RON ELVING,
NPR
It is at times a harrowing journey. Readers who make it all the way through may feel they have completed something of a 12-step rehab program themselves. The details at times make one feel exposed to something like degradation porn.
Seija Rankin,
Entertainment Weekly
... while the book affords the reader a harrowing play-by-play of his descent into depravity, that isn't what shocks the system the most. Instead, it's the ability to gaze (and, occasionally, gawk) inside the beating heart of the Biden family.