Back from Suicide

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Back from Suicide </em>reveals the suicidal mind through the misery of depression and the difficulty of coming out.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It's the enigma of self-destruction after a lifetime of success. It's for parents LGBTQ families mental health advocates and suicide survivors walking through grief identity and hope. It is a mother's pursuit of the biggest question of humankind. Why do people kill themselves?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Marie Lisette Rimer supports her son's gay life. She's in awe of his achievements. Patrick Wood is a valedictorian an AP Scholar and a National Merit Scholarship winner with perfect SAT scores. A year after he graduates from Stanford with honors she struggles to understand his suicide.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rimer searches for answers through Patrick's life Berlin's gay scene and his death after rejection from a boy he wanted. She draws from Stanford psychiatrists research memoirs and her own awakening to confront the painful question of why suicide? She finds answers through therapy and the science of depression to expose the hidden forces behind sadness perfectionism identity and isolation. She weaves guilt and grief with evidence and understanding. </span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Back from Suicide</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is more than a story of loss. It's the seeds of depression that lead to suicide. It's what comes next and how we find purpose in pain and love beyond death.</span></p><p></p>