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November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide

Written with the same graceful narrative voice that made his bestselling National Book Award finalist The Big Housesuch a success, George Howe Colt's November of the Soulis a compassionate, compelling, thought-provoking, and exhaustive investigation into the subject of suicide. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews and a fascinating survey of current knowledge, Colt provides moving case studies to offer insight into all aspects of suicide — its cultural history, the latest biological and psychological research, the possibilities of prevention, the complexities of the right-to-die movement, and the effects on suicide's survivors.

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Presented with deep compassion and humanity, November of the Soulis an invaluable contribution not only to our understanding of suicide but also of the human condition.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 640 pages

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