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From the author of the best-selling memoir An Unquiet Mind, comes the first major book in a quarter century on suicide, and its terrible pull on the young in particular. Night Falls Fast is tragically timely: suicide has become one of the most common killers of Americans between the ages of fifteen and forty-five. An internationally acknowledged authority on depressive illnesses, Dr. Jamison has also known suicide firsthand: after years of struggling with manic-depression, she tried at age twenty-eight to kill herself. Weaving together a historical and scientific exploration of the subject with personal essays on individual suicides, she brings not only her remarkable compassion and literary skill but also all of her knowledge and research to bear on this devastating problem. This is a book that helps us to understand the suicidal mind, to recognize and come to the aid of those at risk, and to comprehend the profound effects on those left behind. It is critical reading for parents, educators, and anyone wanting to understand this tragic epidemic.
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"Jamison writes with authority, clarity and clinical reserve--. Powerful as her medicine is, her poetic accounting of this dark death is more affecting still."--Baltimore Sun "Jamison brings us face to face with the suicidal mind in a manner so intense and penetrating that, paradoxically, the immersion in despair she offers is a source of great pleasure."--The Washington Post Book World "This powerful book will change people's lives--and, doubtless, save a few."--Newsday "A profound and impassioned book--it will stand as the authoritative study of suicide for many years."--William Styron, author of Darkness Visible "[Jamison] writes not only in fierce opposition to suicide, but also in passionate vindication of life."--The New York Times Book Review
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A beautifully written, heartfelt response to the untolled epidemic of suicide
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- PublisherVintage Books
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0375701478
- ISBN 13 9780375701474
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Critical reading for parents, educators, and anyone wanting to understand the tragic epidemic of suicidea powerful book [that] will change people's livesand, doubtless, save a few" (Newsday). The first major book in a quarter century on suicideand its terrible pull on the young in particularNight Falls Fast is tragically timely: suicide has become one of the most common killers of Americans between the ages of fifteen and forty-five. From the author of the best-selling memoir, An Unquiet Mindand an internationally acknowledged authority on depressionDr. Jamison has also known suicide firsthand: after years of struggling with manic-depression, she tried at age twenty-eight to kill herself. Weaving together a historical and scientific exploration of the subject with personal essays on individual suicides, she brings not only her remarkable compassion and literary skill but also all of her knowledge and research to bear on this devastating problem. This is a book that helps us to understand the suicidal mind, to recognize and come to the aid of those at risk, and to comprehend the profound effects on those left behind. A study of the growing epidemic of suicide among young people draws on the author's firsthand battle with severe manic-depression and attempted suicide to reveal the psychological, medical, and biological aspects of self-inflicted death. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780375701474
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