Chasing Death: Losing a Child to Suicide. - Softcover

Jan Andersen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905399448 ISBN 13: 9781905399444

Publisher: PERFECT PUBLISHERS LTD, 2009

Synopsis

Chasing Death is NOT a grief recovery book, but one that attempts to put candid and heartrending words to the often incommunicable pain, guilt and despair that the surviving families endure, not only through the telling of the author's story, but through the experiences of other families mourning the loss of a child, stepchild, grandchild, sibling, friend or relative to suicide. Although this book will break your heart, it will also provide solace to other child suicide grievers in the knowledge that their thoughts and feelings are entirely normal and that they are not alone.
 
Too many bereaved people are thrown into a wilderness of relentless, silent torture, afraid to share their feelings for fear of being judged. This book clearly demonstrates how debilitating the grief can be and how it can still cripple a survivor, ten, twenty, thirty and even forty years or more after the event. However, there are uplifting chapters that give advice on how to live alongside the grief in a positive way and how joy and sadness can co-exist.
 
The audience for Chasing Death extends beyond grieving families and those who deal with them and will provide a compelling, touching and enlightening read for anyone interested in emotional true life stories. It will also help people respond with greater understanding and sensitivity to the surviving families' grief. £1 from every hard copy of the book sold is being donated to Kidscape, the UK charity dedicated to keeping children safe from bullying and abuse.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"After my brother killed himself, I read so many grief and suicide aftermath books and threw most of them in the bin because they did not truly relate to my pain. So much of what Jan expresses in Chasing Death is exactly how I feel and her writing has evoked powerful emotions and images that make me want to return to the book many times." Anne-Marie 

Review:

"Chasing Death: Losing a Child to Suicide is a book that will speak to the hearts of parents for decades to come."  Debra L. Stang, Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors

About this edition

• Publisher: PERFECT PUBLISHERS LTD
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1905399448
• ISBN 13: 9781905399444
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 484