Status
Available
Collection
Publication
London : Jason Aronson, 1997.
Description
Silent Grief is a book for and about “suicide survivors” – those who have been left behind by the suicide of a friend or loved one. Author Christopher Lukas is a suicide survivor himself – several members of his family have taken their own lives – and the book draws on his own experiences, as well as those of numerous other suicide survivors. These personal testimonies are combined with the professional expertise of Henry M. Seiden, a psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. The authors present information on common experiences of bereavement, grief reacti
User reviews
LibraryThing member babs605
As you can see from the title, not a book for the average reader. But for those of us for whom it applies, it is a nice start on the long road to healing.
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Physical description
xii, 252 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
0765700565 / 9780765700568
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