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After Daniel: A Suicide Survivor's Tale
After Daniel: A Suicide Survivor's Tale
After Daniel: A Suicide Survivor's Tale
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After Daniel: A Suicide Survivor's Tale

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Moira Farr discovered Daniel Jones’ body on Valentine’s Day, 1994. Struggling with deep depression, he had killed himself using a method clearly outlined in the bestselling book, Final Exit. Six years later, in an account both deeply personal and thoughtfully political, Farr reflects on Daniel’s suicide and its consequences. After Daniel is not a sensational tell-all, a self-help book on grieving, or an academic review of suicide theories. It is one woman’s story—beautifully, lyrically told—of her own experiences and her realization that answers come both from within and from looking at suicide in a wider social context. After Daniel reaches beyond suicide survivors to all those who embrace the sacredness of life and love.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateMay 29, 2012
ISBN9781443417006
After Daniel: A Suicide Survivor's Tale
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Moira Farr

Moira Farr is an award-winning writer and journalist who has contributed to publications such as The Globe and Mail, Shift, Utne Reader, Toronto Life, Chatelaine and Equinox. She is a contributing editor of This Magazine. A Toronto resident for many years, she currently lives in Ottawa.

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