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Suicide

opposing viewpoints
1997

The enigma of suicide

1992
An investigation into the perplexing and painful problem of suicide examines the causes and consequences of suicide in America, assesses possible prevention measures, and discusses approaches to healing for those touched by the deaths of loved ones.

Trevor

Bullied at school, dumped by his friends, and pressured at home, an artistic teenager struggling with his sexuality and identity makes a desperate attempt to end his loneliness.

Backwards

Embarking on a life in reverse after Dan's suicide, the Rider moves backward in time while enjoying simple pleasures and attempting to change a past marked by a disappointed little sister, an overwhelmed mother, and an artistic girl with purple hair.

Suicide

a study in sociology
2002
This book is one of the great classics of sociology. The author recognized that if anything can explain how we as individuals relate to society, suicide can.

On suicide

2007
Based on extensive research, Durkheim divided this book into three parts: individual suicide, social forms of suicide, and the relation of suicide victims as a whole.

My brother's shadow

2014
Eleven-year-old Kaia, who has felt emotionally isolated since her brother's suicide, befriends a wild boy who mysteriously appears at her London school, finding a way to communicate with him despite his being mute.

The supernatural enhancements

a novel
In 1995, A. and his companion, Niamh, a mute teen girl from Ireland, arrive in Virginia to take possession of Axton House, a mansion left to A. by a distant cousin. The pair soon come to realize the house is haunted by a ghost, possibly the relative that committed suicide there like his father had before him. Told in journal entries, ciphers, security footage, and letters, A. and Niamh recount what happened to them in Axton House.

The Program

2014
When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.

The bell jar

a novel
2005
Chronicles the mental breakdown of Esther Greenwood--a brilliant, beautiful, talented, and successful young woman.

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