Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the process—particularly in the weeks after her husband’s harrowing death—Ono and Sheff became friends. When it came to telling ...

Recent and archived work by David Sheff for The New York Times Many parents see themselves in the president’s affection for his son. By David Sheff In “Fi,” Alexandra Fuller describes the sudden death ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mountain of text has dissected every aspect of John’s life, but very few writers have centered on Yoko. Sheff’s new book, Yoko: ...

You are probably already hearing the buzz about the movie Beautiful Boy, the heart-wrenching true story of a family coping with their teenage son's addiction and recovery. Beautiful Boy is based on a ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author David Sheff and inmate Jarvis Jay Masters about Sheff's new book, The Buddhist on Death Row. Jarvis Jay Masters is a convicted murderer and an admired practitioner ...

Reading David Sheff’s memoir Beautiful Boy about surviving the years his family faced the addiction of his oldest son, Nic, I was struck by Sheff’s detailed description of the phases of grief he went ...

In 1980, at the relatively tender age of 24, David Sheff landed a journalistic coup in the form of a multipart interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The famous couple had just ended a period of ...

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Bay Area-based journalist David Sheff and his son Nic Sheff have both written memoirs on their struggles with Nic's methamphetamine addiction. They join us to talk about the books — and about how ...