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Suicide : aftermath and beyond : let's talk about suicide and how much it sucks /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford, Canterbury [New Zealand] Paul Lynch 2017.Description: 146 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780473403652
  • 047340365X
Uniform titles:
  • Suicide aftermath
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.28 23
Summary: I believe we need to quit the approach in which we quietly come in through the frilly pink curtains and talk about suicide carefully so as not to cause upset or offend anyone. I’m saying we should fire up the bulldozer, smash it through the wall and start yelling: “Let’s talk about suicide and how much it sucks.”’ This book is the story of the tragic death by suicide of Paul Lynch’s brother Brett and the devastating effect it had on his family. It is also a powerful plea for us to face up to suicide as an issue and acknowledge that the way we’re dealing with it at the moment isn’t working. ‘If my story can prevent a person, or people, from leaving their family and friends to deal with the aftermath of their suicide and all that goes with it,’ says Paul Lynch,’ then I will consider that to be a success.’ My goal is to get people to understand and accept that they are not alone, there are many others who have taken this journey ahead of them. While I support and believe wholeheartedly in anything and everything to do with suicide prevention, I also know that there will always be people who slip through, leaving their loved ones to embark on a journey through hell. That’s not negativity, it’s reality.
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Non-Fiction - New Zealand Non-Fiction - New Zealand Pop-Up Library Non-Fiction Non Fiction 362.28 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available a00667282

Original version published in 2015 as "Suicide aftermath." This version is revised.

I believe we need to quit the approach in which we quietly come in through the frilly pink curtains and talk about suicide carefully so as not to cause upset or offend anyone. I’m saying we should fire up the bulldozer, smash it through the wall and start yelling: “Let’s talk about suicide and how much it sucks.”’ This book is the story of the tragic death by suicide of Paul Lynch’s brother Brett and the devastating effect it had on his family. It is also a powerful plea for us to face up to suicide as an issue and acknowledge that the way we’re dealing with it at the moment isn’t working. ‘If my story can prevent a person, or people, from leaving their family and friends to deal with the aftermath of their suicide and all that goes with it,’ says Paul Lynch,’ then I will consider that to be a success.’ My goal is to get people to understand and accept that they are not alone, there are many others who have taken this journey ahead of them. While I support and believe wholeheartedly in anything and everything to do with suicide prevention, I also know that there will always be people who slip through, leaving their loved ones to embark on a journey through hell. That’s not negativity, it’s reality.

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