Three This Week

215. Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff

This book is a heartbreaker. A great kid, the kind of son everyone would love to have, grows up to become a drug addict. I knew how it ended before I started, but I still kept reading to see what would happen. I can think of so many parents who would benefit from reading this book.

216. Were You Raised by Wolves? By Christie Mellor

I’ve asked myself this question many times about my two sons, though I know for a fact they were not. I am apparently fully responsible for their heathenish behavior. I would love for them to read this book. It relates the basic rules of adulthood to those who have not yet mastered or perhaps even heard of them. It is told with great humor and sympathy.

217. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. Lee

Lee undertakes a difficult challenge: find out all there is to know about Chinese food. I am happy to say she lived up to the challenge. I learned more about General Tso’s Chicken and fortune cookies and soy sauce than I thought I ever wanted to know. All in all, it was an entertaining trip through Chinese American dining.