Step Back from the Exit: 45 reasons to say no to suicide

by Jillayne Arena

Overview

Too many people can't imagine one good reason. This book offers 45. Direct, practical, compelling, easy-to-read essays offer hope to those facing the blind alleys and bottomless pits of life. Arising from the author's struggle with suicidal thoughts, these short essays range in diversity from Marilyn Monroe to William Stryon, from guilt to vitamins, and from bad manners to bad genes. While acknowledging the depth of pain that brings people to consider suicide, this book asks them to wait. Additionally, this book's rare glimpse into this world has helped physicians, counselors, police, teachers, chaplains, researchers, family and friends further understand the suicidal psyche.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045416450
Publisher:	Jillayne Arena
Publication date:	11/03/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	208 KB

About the Author

Jillayne Arena has a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She makes her home with her husband and wishes her grown children were closer. Each day has been a gift of the ironies and absurdities one can only see with a survivor's eyes. She has taught college level Management classes, coached a middle school forensics team to a State championship, rehabbed a Frank Lloyd Wright house, found relatives back to the 1700's, and run a hot dog stand to benefit high school athletics. She has sewn dozens of quilts and her daughter's wedding dress, nursed her parents, buried dead birds, written Letters to the Editor, campaigned for politicians promising better health care, knocked together flat pack furniture, and grown some pretty amazing geraniums. She prays for those who read her book that they might step back.