Children of Jonah: Personal Stories by Survivors of Suicide Attempts (Capital Cares)

About this book

Family friends and even therapists can catch only glimpses of the intense pain self-doubt ethical probing and theological questioning those attempting suicide undergo. "Children of Jonah" offers insight into this frightening inner world and a more wholesome understanding for all who have witnessed it from within. These inspiring stories convey suicide survivors indomitable strength in spite of overwhelming depression loss of self-image and the will to live. Contributors include an African American multi-attempter now a Ph.D. student in psychology at UCLA; a middle-aged author the son of missionaries; a psychiatrist and survivor of seven attempts and many more.