I could not put this book down. I read it straight through in a couple of hours. It is a harrowing tale but one that ends with hope and left me feeling relieved and inspired. It’s a mother’s tale of her son’s suicide attempt. Look for my upcoming review in the August NY Resident magazine.
“It was just before Thanksgiving when my son put a shotgun under his chin and pulled the trigger. He survived, but the blast obliterated his face. As I watched him struggle back to physical and mental health, I wrote what I saw and felt in my journals. This book came from those journals and from my son’s memories, which he shared with me. I freely admit that this book is written from our point of view and colored by our emotions. It was not written coldly and objectively, as a reporter would have written it, but from a mother’s heart. My hope is that our story might spare someone from suffering through the same torment we experienced. My family has found that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and there can be a happy ending to even the most tragic story.” —Judith Casey