Understanding Suicide and Counseling Survivors
Discover essential books on understanding suicide and counseling survivors, from Nick Hornby's *A Long Way Down* to Diane Ackerman's *A Slender Thread* and *Waking Up, Alive*—a curated reading list for healing, empathy, and insight.
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A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby
“One New Year’s Eve, four people with very different reasons but a common purpose find their way to the top of a fifteen-story building in London. None of them has calculated that, on a date humans favor for acts of significance, in a place known as a local suicide-jumpers’ favorite, they might encounter company. A Long Way Down is the story of what happens next, and of what doesn’t.” —The New York Times Book Review A wise, affecting novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Dickens and Prince, Funny Girl and High Fidelity Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they’ve reached the end of the line. In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.