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No Time to Say Goodbye
- Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One
- Narrated by: Carla Fine
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
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Summary
Suicide would appear to be the last taboo. Even incest is now discussed freely in popular media, but the suicide of a loved one is still an act most people are unable to talk about or even admit to their closest family or friends. This is just one of the many painful and paralyzing truths that author Carla Fine discovered when her husband, a successful young physician, took his own life in December 1989. And being unable to speak openly and honestly about the cause of her pain made it all the more difficult for her to survive.
With No Time to Say Goodbye, she brings suicide survival from the darkness into light, speaking frankly about the overwhelming feelings of confusion, guilt, shame, anger, and loneliness that are shared by all survivors. Fine draws on her own experience as well as on the knowledge of counselors and mental health professionals. She offers a strong helping hand and invaluable guidance to the vast numbers of family and friends who are left behind by the more than 30,000 people who commit suicide each year. And, perhaps most important, for the first time in any book, she allows survivors to see that they are not alone in their feelings of grief and despair.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Mamalina
- 25-01-20
Insightful, highly recommended
Insightful and useful book for me as trainee counsellor and bereavement supporter.
The narration by the author was monotonous and a bit rushed at the same time, particularly when she is reading other survivors accounts. There were no pause between stories, so sometimes it was confusing where one story ends and another starts.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-07-20
Finally, some comfort
This book was recommended to me by my grievance councillor following the suicide of my best friend. I never for one moment thought it would help me, let alone discover that what I was experiencing was all too common amongst suicide survivors. It has really helped me feel a unity with anyone who's loved one has taken their own life. It makes you realise you're not alone and the feelings you are experiencing are normal. There's nothing more harrowing than suicide so for your loved one to kill themselves, you need all the support you can find. This book helped me to feel normal again x
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- Douglas
- 29-09-16
If You Have EVER contemplated suicide...
Read this book. If knowing the trail of horror that you will leave behind in the wake of killing yourself doesn't stop you, nothing will...
8 people found this helpful
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- R. G. Pickering
- 22-10-16
Excellent Help to Understand Your Grief and Specia
This is well organized and well written for those of us who have had a loved one die from suicide. It is a special kind of grief that isn't quite covered in other general grief books.
At first I felt an undercurrent of anger, but by the end I knew that was not true, though it is very understandable.
I highly recommend this book to anyone suffering from this kind of grief.
5 people found this helpful
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- LorenD4967
- 19-01-19
this really seemed to help me.
my brother committed suicide
and this book has been really helping me through the first few weeks so far. it hurts to know others actually feel this too, because it's a horrible feeling.
3 people found this helpful
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- Angel
- 13-11-18
If you've ever lost someone to suicide this is the
Some people may not be able to enjoy because of the author's voice performance, but I actually enjoyed her gritty New York accent. Her words just felt more honest and sincere, because these were her words in her voice. This book is honest and to the point, highly recommend if you've lost someone in this manner.
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- Emeuu
- 31-12-16
Horrible. Not helpful at all.
I recently lost my sister to suicide and I'm looking for a self-help on how to get through the grieving process. This is not it. I listened through half of this and it is just story after story of people who have suffered the same type of loss but that's it. No words of advice. I'm so depressed now if I were suicidal this would push me over the edge of hopelessness. Sheesh.
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- LBlanco
- 27-11-16
Really inspiring and helpful
A perfect book for the survivors of the suicide of a loved one and also for those who are thinking of commite suicide. Must read book.
Thanks to the author for sharing her feelings and emotions.
1 person found this helpful
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- Nichol Bertagnolli
- 04-11-20
Struggling to Survive A Suicide Loss
Thank you for giving me something I can run too. When people say, they can relate to my situation, I just nod and come back to the book. It's the only "person" I feel, that truly understands my new life.
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- Neko Peeko
- 13-05-20
heartbreakingly helpful
My son died from depression. Hearing these stories helps me feel less alone. Thank you.
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- Woody F.
- 21-08-19
Good For Me
This is not a book by a therapist. the Author and Narrator is a suicide survivor. I think that this will affect and help people in a different way depending on their grief stage and time since they were left behind. I found much of this book useful and comforting.
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- Jena B.
- 24-04-19
helpful for suicide survivors
Helpful for those who are struggling after the suicide of a loved one. helpful stories and words