Stories by and for Suicide Survivors

 

Surviving Suicide: Help to Heal Your Heart -- Life Stories from Those Left Behind


Heather Hays. This book is written by television news anchor, Heather Hays. It includes her story, as well as those of many others. The dozens of accounts of others who have fought through the anger, pain and guilt and successfully survived, provide hope for us all.
 

Those They Left Behind: Interviews, Stories, Essays and Poems by Survivors of Suicide

Karen, Mueller Bryson. This book is dedicated to those left behind to experience their own personal grief after a loved one's completed suicide. It contains interviews with survivors of multiple suicides, of those who have lost sons and daughters, and of those who have lost parents, spouses, significant others, siblings, relatives and friends. Those interviewed relate the circumstances behind their loss, how they dealt with the bereavement process, any dreams or unusual occurrences, helpful coping methods, and provide a brief comment of advice or words of wisdom.
 
In the Wake of Suicide: Stories of the People Left Behind

Victoria Alexander. After author Victoria Alexander’s mother took her life, Victoria spent the next ten years collecting stories from other survivors. The result has been described as a beautifully written book of powerful stories which offer understanding, compassion and hope for the future to newly bereaved
 

Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son

Leroy Aarons. This is a powerful and true story of a mother's struggle to reconcile the tension between her deeply held religious beliefs and the suicide of her gay son. Mary Griffith was a woman who believed in a strict, oppressive version of Christianity and pressured her gay son to try to "change." But after his suicide she reexamined her theology and beliefs about homosexuality and was herself radically transformed.
 

The Angel and the Dragon: A Father's Search for Answers to His Son's Mental Illness and Suicide

Jonathan Arthur. This book is a tribute to the short life of Arthur’s son, as well as a guide for parents of troubled children. Jonathan Aurthur writes about his five-year experience living with the mental illness of his son.