The suicide index: putting my father's death in order
One winter morning in 1991, Joan Wickersham's father shot himself in the head.The father she loved would never have killed himself, and yet he had.His death made a mystery of his entire life. Who was he? Why did he do it? And what was the impact of his death on the people who loved him? Using an index—that most formal and orderly of structures—Wickersham explores this chaotic and incomprehensible reality. Every bit of family history, every encounter with friends, doctors, and other survivors, exposes another facet of elusive truth. Dark, funny, sad, and gripping, at once a philosophical and a deeply personal exploration, The Suicide Index is, finally, a daughter's anguished, loving elegy to her father.
9780547350745
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Grouping Title | suicide index putting my fathers death in order |
Grouping Author | joan wickersham |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-24 02:13:21AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-24 02:23:01AM |
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One winter morning in 1991, Joan Wickersham's father shot himself in the head.The father she loved would never have killed himself, and yet he had.His death made a mystery of his entire life. Who was he? Why did he do it? And what was the impact of his death on the people who loved him? Using an index—that most formal and orderly of structures—Wickersham explores this chaotic and incomprehensible reality. Every bit of family history, every encounter with friends, doctors, and other survivors, exposes another facet of elusive truth. Dark, funny, sad, and gripping, at once a philosophical and a deeply personal exploration, The Suicide Index is, finally, a daughter's anguished, loving elegy to her father.
9780547350745
2009
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Children of suicide victims -- Psychology
Suicide
Suicide victims -- Family relationships
Wickersham, Joan
The suicide index : putting my father's death in order / Joan Wickersham
Biography & Autobiography
Children of suicide victims
Family relationships
Nonfiction
Psychology
Suicide
Suicide victims
Wickersham, Joan
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