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Beautiful Things: A Memoir Audiobook
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love,” Hunter Biden writes in this deeply moving and “unflinchingly honest” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir of addiction, loss, and survival.
When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister. In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of forty-six. These hardships were compounded by the collapse of his marriage and a years-long battle with drug and alcohol addiction.
In Beautiful Things—“an astonishingly candid and brave book about loss, human frailty, wayward souls, and hard-fought redemption” (Dave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author)—Hunter recounts his descent into substance abuse and his tortuous path to sobriety. The story ends with where Hunter is today—a sober married man with a new baby, finally able to appreciate the beautiful things in life.
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“No one could narrate this punch-in-the-gut memoir more powerfully than its author, Hunter Biden…Biden’s phrasing and rhythm increase the intensity of his story…The roller coaster ride will leave listeners breathless. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“There are sections in this one that stand out with haunting clarity…and Biden tells it all with a bravery that is both heartbreaking and quite gorgeous.”
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“His journey is…deeply relatable for others living with addiction.”
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“Beautiful Things stands out for its raw truths…Maybe America has a first son’s story of addiction to help it finally confront this deep problem that has haunted so many families across the nation.”
— Time -
“Tears the tabloid face off the story about an American family that has experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.”
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“Few have been so honest about their most humiliating moments and open about the hard, slow work of healing and reconciliation.”
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“A heart-rending, but surprisingly tender account of one man’s remarkable journey.”
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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New York Times bestseller
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A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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About Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden is a lawyer and an artist. A graduate of Georgetown University and Yale Law School, Hunter has worked as an advocate on behalf of Jesuit universities, and served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, including as vice chairman of Amtrak and chairman of the board of World Food Program USA. The son of Joe and Jill Biden, Hunter is the father of three daughters: Naomi, Finnegan, and Maisy. He lives with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, and their son, Beau, in California.