Night Falls Fast
05 January 2012Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Suicide is the third major killer of young people in the Western world, and in the closing decades of the twentieth century it reached epidemic proportions: around the world there has been a frightening surge in suicides committed by children, adolescents and young adults. Kay Redfield Jamison is herself a survivor of a nearly lethal suicide attempt which came after...
Details
05 January 2012300 pages
9781447219569Imprint: Picador
Reviews
‘An important, moving and informative book’ Guardian
‘For anyone in any way connected with a potential suicide this book is essential reading: that means all of us’ The Times
‘This is a lyrical, beautifully argued, deep and deeply troubling book’ Evening Standard
‘A profound and impassioned book which will stand as the authoritative study of suicide for many years’ William Styron
