EAN: 9781324050407

ONE FRIDAY IN APRIL - A STORY OF SUICIDE AND SU...

As the sun lowered in the sky one Friday afternoon in April 2006  acclaimed author Donald
Antrim found himself on the roof of his Brooklyn apartment building  afraid for his life. In
this moving memoir  Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he
came back down: two hospitalisations  weeks of fruitless clinical trials  the terror of
submitting to ECT-and the saving call from David Foster Wallace that convinced him to try it-as
well as years of fitful recovery and setback. Through a clear and haunting reckoning with the
author's own story  One Friday in April confronts the limits of our understanding of suicide.
Donald Antrim's personal insights reframe suicide-whether in thought or in action-as an illness
in its own right  a unique consequence of trauma and personal isolation  rather than the choice
of a depressed person. A necessary companion to William Styron's classic Darkness Visible  this
profound  insightful work sheds light on the tragedy and mystery of suicide  offering solace
that may save lives.

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