Find Gregory St. Amand

Without warning--BANG!--a son is lost to suicide. Why? "Find Gregory St. Amand" is a brave and important memoir exploring the complicated subject of suicide through a mother's journey to find an answer to her question, "What happened to my son?" After her son's death, Beth H. St. Amand begins to understand how unaware parents are about the risk for suicide in children and how misinformation contributes to the problem. She turns to research, psychiatry, and suicide prevention...
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Without warning--BANG!--a son is lost to suicide. Why? "Find Gregory St. Amand" is a brave and important memoir exploring the complicated subject of suicide through a mother's journey to find an answer to her question, "What happened to my son?" After her son's death, Beth H. St. Amand begins to understand how unaware parents are about the risk for suicide in children and how misinformation contributes to the problem. She turns to research, psychiatry, and suicide prevention organizations for non-judgemental information as she reviews her son's life and confronts her own subconscious misunderstandings about suicide in the process. Honest, powerful, and unflinching, "Find Gregory St. Amand" is a wake-up call, particularly for parents, challenging us to pay attention to suicide's broad picture, to lessen the stigma, and to talk openly and empathetically about suicide to help save lives.