Acknowledgements; Preface; Prologue: Happier Days; 1. Stepping into the Wilderness; 2. The Body Takes a Hit: Shock & Tears; 3. What They Say & Don't Say: Dealing with Others; 4. The Unfinished Puzzle: Why and What-if?; 5. Forever 21: Birthdays, Anniversaries & Memorials; 6. Living the Nightmare: Parenting & Family Life; 7. Grief Holiday: Hallmark Occasions; 8. Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die: Spirituality & the Jewish Year; 9. What is Left: Remembering & Forgetting; 10. Soothing our Grieving Selves: Comfort & Healing; 11. The Hard Stuff: Guilt, Anger, Shame & Forgiveness; 12. Inside Out: Mental States & Mental Illness; 13. Phases and Stages: The Passing of Time; 14. Climbing into the Day: Re-integration & Looking Ahead; Beyond Surviving: Suggestions for Survivors by Iris Bolton; References; Recommended Resources on Suicide & Suicide Loss: A Sampling
A mother's memoir of suicide loss that helps the reader reflect on their own experience of grieving
Susan Auerbach is a suicide loss survivor, trained in suicide awareness, gate-keeper crisis intervention and bereavement group facilitation. She is also a Professor of Education at California State University, Northridge.
This book is the eloquent story of one mother's efforts to find her
way after the death of her son by suicide, from raw numbness to
slow sense-making. Unlike most suicide loss survivor narratives, it
is helpfully organized around themes and issues that survivors will
inevitably encounter, such as the bodily impact of suicide loss and
guilt and responsibility. Who should read this book? Anyone who has
lost a loved one to suicide; any parent who has lost a child (to
any cause); anyone who wishes to support a suicide loss survivor;
and above all, any and every mother who has lost a child to
suicide. It will help you navigate your own painful journey towards
peace.
*John R. Jordan, Ph.D., psychologist, trainer, international
authority on suicide loss, and co-author*
Auerbach's intimate, heart-wrenching story of a mother's grief
normalizes the grief experience for other suicide loss survivors
and creates awareness regarding complicated grief after sudden
death. As you read and experience the searing pain, you are led in
the end to the promise of renewal--and to a celebration of
life.
*Iris Bolton, author and Director Emeritus, The Link Counseling
Center and the National Resource Center for Suicide Prevention &
Aftercare*
What is so special about Auerbach's moving memoir about the suicide
of her remarkable son Noah is how he comes across so alive and
present. Auerbach is searingly honest, and her observations and
practical advice offer hope and comfort to others who are on their
own personal journeys of mourning the suicide of their loved ones,
especially those with recent loss.
*Carla Fine, author*
Auerbach faces down her demons after her father's suicide (when she
was 26) and her 21-year-old son Noah's suicide (three years ago) to
offer survivors this wide-ranging set of extremely helpful tools -
conventional therapeutic aids, journaling, faith, yoga and
meditation exercises, and thoughtful introspection - for better
coping and healing after suicide loss.
*William Feigelman, Ph.D., author*
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