November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide

Written with the same graceful narrative voice that made his bestselling National Book Award finalist The Big House such a success, George Howe Colt's November of the Soul is a compassionate, compelling, thought-provoking, and exhaustive investigation into the subject of suicide. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews and a fascinating survey of current knowledge, Colt provides moving case studies to offer insight into all aspects of suicide -- its cultural history, the latest biological and psychological research, the possibilities of prevention, the complexities of the right-to-die movement, and the effects on suicide's survivors.

Presented with deep compassion and humanity, November of the Soul is an invaluable contribution not only to our understanding of suicide but also of the human condition.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 02/21/2006
ISBN: 9780743264471
Pages: 628
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.40d

Review Citations: Library Journal 02/15/2006