After a Suicide: Young People Speak Up

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Summary: Great book if you've had a suicide in community or family
Review: This book doesn't tell the reader what should have been done or could have done to save the person who committed suicide. Instead it tells the stories of the survivors whose loved ones took their own lives. It was a powerful resource that I used in working with high school students who lost a classmate to suicide. I just made it available to students to check out. So far, I have only had good reports from them.

Rating:
Summary: Great book if you've had a suicide in community or family
Review: This book doesn't tell the reader what should have been done or could have done to save the person who committed suicide. Instead it tells the stories of the survivors whose loved ones took their own lives. It was a powerful resource that I used in working with high school students who lost a classmate to suicide. I just made it available to students to check out. So far, I have only had good reports from them.

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Summary: Better books out there for answering the "why" question.
Review: This book immediately begins with, "there are no answersto why a person commits suicide." That is false.If the author would have educated herself on neurobiological brain disorders and their link to suicide, she would have found that many times, the "whys" can be answered. The book does give accurate information about suicide grief though, and what many people experience after such a tragedy. I realize this is a book recounting personal stories, but it also would have been a perfect opportunity to explain why many suicides occur and this book fails to accomplish that.