How to Write a Suicide Note

<b>How to Write a Suicide Note</b> examines the life of a Chinese/Black woman who grew up passing forwhite who grew up poor who loves women but has always married whitemen. Writing has saved her life. It has allowed her to name thehistorical trauma--the racist sexist classist experiences that havekept her from being fully alive that have screamed at her loudly andconsistently that she was no good and would never be any good-and thatno one could love her. Writing has given her the creative power to namethe experiences that dictated who she was even before she was born andwrite notes to them suicide notes.<br>Sherry Quan Lee believes writing saves lives; writing has saved her life.<br><br><b>Acclaim for <i>How to Write a Suicide Note</i></b><br><br>How to Write a Suicide Note is a haunting portrait of the daughter of an African mother and a Chinese father. Sherry dares to be who she isn't supposed to be feel what she isn't supposed to feel and destroys racial and gender myths as she integrates her bi-racial identity into all that she is. Through her raw honesty and vulnerability Sherry captures a range of emotions most people are afraid to confront or even share. Her work is a gift to the mental health community.<br>--Beth Kyong Lo M.A. Psychotherapist<br><br>Sherry Quan Lee offers us in How to Write a Suicide Note a deep breathing meditation on how love is under continuous revision. And like all the best Blues singers Quan Lee voices the lowdown dirty paces that living puts us through but without regret or surrender.<br>Wesley Brown author of Darktown Strutters and Tragic Magic<br><br>I love the female aspects the sex and the strong voice Sherry Quan Lee uses to share her private life in How To Write A Suicide Note. I love the wit the tongue-in-cheek the trippiness of it all. I love the metaphors especially the lover and suicide ones. I love the free-associations the 'raving ravenous relentless' back and forth. Quan Lee breaks the rules and finds her genius. How to Write a Suicide Note is a passionate risk-taking outrageous life-affirming book and love letter.<br>Sharon Doubiago author of Body and Soul Hard Country; and other works<br><br>Learn more about the author at <b>www.SherryQuanLee.com</b><br><br>Book #2 in the Reflections of History Series from Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com<br><br>Modern History Press is an imprint of Loving Healing Press