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No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One | 
 enlarge | Author: Carla Fine
Publisher: Main Street Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 68983
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8
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ISBN: 0385485514
Dewey Decimal Number: 150
EAN: 9780385485517
ASIN: 0385485514
Publication Date: December 1999
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 the only book worth reading on the subject January 22, 2008
bucksman (BUCKS, United Kingdom)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I lost my father to suicide 30 years ago this year. I was 13. Therapy, counselling wasn't really known of at the time, at least not to us, and certainly not to me.
Depression has haunted me ever since, sometimes seriously. Although nowadays, I can spot when it's coming, and after some reasonably good therapy, I can emotionally hide for a few days and then life continues as per normal.
I bought this book 3 years ago, as I still felt there were some aspects missing, and loads of questions that still remain unanswered. No-one out there can really help, as another reviewer has said,
"Some things in life have to be experienced, not studied, to be understood." Never a truer word spoken.
Anyone out there who isn't thinking of reading this, having gone through similar levels of emotional turmoil, I would strongly recommend they do so. If it gets too much for you, which it will at times, then put it down, and pick it up again later. The "later" part may well be an hour, it could be years. You WILL finish the book eventually.
I leant the book to my sister, who agreed with me it's the only thing she has read that actually reaches inside and comforts you. The social stigma which goes with this subject is still just as powerful today as it was then, as conversation stoppers go, it may not be first in place, but it's ahead of second. This is the only book I have read, which even touches on this aspect. Raising this subject, and coming to terms with it, with potential long term partners has often ruined the relationship.
There is a note which starts one of the chapters, "you are trapped between you wanting this event to be the most important part of your life, and the least". These words are burnt onto the inside of my skull.
Thank you Carla, writing this book must have been one hell of a journey.
 really helpful September 6, 2006
me
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've read so much since being bereaved by suicide, but most literature is so academic and frustrating for the bereaved. I could relate to everything that was being said and talked about in this book - I could have written it myself. It was a relief to realise that my new "normality" was normal afterall. Thankyou Carla for having the courage to share.
Practical help for survivors September 4, 2006
John Coyle (Newport, South Wales)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Bought for me by a thoughtful sister following the death of my son in June 2006, this was the first book I'd read on suicide. The stories in the book helped me (a) by helping me realise I am not alone in the thoughts and feelings I am having - and that, in itself, has been a comfort (b) by helping to clarify my thinking about my son's suicide - she captures some of the ideas I've been struggling with so well and (c) by providing insights and information (e.g. "A suicidal person is like a black hole of pain. You can give and give but you just can't fill it up".) I recommend it to survivors.
But there is a down side. She luxuriates in high-flown language in her commentary and in the telling of her own story: for example, she can't describe the consulting room where her husband died in simple terms: it has to be "my husband's killing ground" - just excessive and self-indulgent; to much of "me, me, me" I feel. Thankfully, her telling of other people's stories is straightforward and it is in these you will find parallels with your own situation which is really helpful.
IT HELPED ME! February 22, 2005
Ms. Carol George (England,. Bournemouth)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
After 4 years of wandering in the mist of lonliness, since my best friend took her life, this book has helped me. To know there are others going through similar isolation.
I recommend this book to all survivors. (when they are ready). I would not have appreciated someone buying this for me. Everyone at their own pace.
If you are feeling the lonliness after lossing someone to suicide, (and the rest), this may help.
She puts into print, what I am feeling. January 10, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I lost my fiance in 2001, and now, in 2003, continue to try to make sense of it all. The most comforting day since, was a day in August, of 2002, when I came across this book of Carla's. I read it - cover to cover - in a day. It was, quite possibly, the only time in 14 months, that I have felt someone else REALLY knew how crippling and debilitating the aftermath of suicide can be. Thank you, over and over, Carla!
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