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Thoughts from a Long-Term Survivor of Suicide Loss

By Desiree Woodland — 2019

Thirteen years ago, my son took his life. At the time, I could not imagine living one more day or hour without him, much less these many years.

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The death of a beloved is an amputation.

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C. S. Lewis
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So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister

From Internet sensation Anna Akana comes a candid and poignant collection of essays about love, loss, and chasing adulthood. In 2007, Anna Akana lost her teen sister, Kristina, to suicide.

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Anna Akana
2017
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Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling

Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling is the first comprehensive resource for sibling suicide survivors.

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Michelle Linn-Gust
2001
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Wake Me from the Nightmare: Hope, Healing, and Empowerment After Suicide Loss

Survivors of suicide loss are left to live in a chronic state of shock, horror, and devastation. Broken and raw, they forge on, while plagued with pain, disruptive thoughts, and unanswered questions. The terrain of traumatic grief is complicated at best and precarious at worst. R.

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Jade R. McAuliffe
2019
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The Forgotten Mourners: Sibling Survivors of Suicide

This book is meant for anyone who has lost a brother or sister to suicide - and those who want to support them. Any loss is difficult, but a loss to suicide is heightened because of the helplessness and confusion surrounding it.

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Magdaline DeSousa
2011
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Woman Who Lost Her Sister to Suicide Has a Message for You

Claudia lost her sister Katherine in 2015 to mental illness and suicide. Claudia shares her difficult story and has a message of hope for those in need of help.

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2017
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How Her Sister’s Death Affirmed Elizabeth Lesser’s Belief in an Afterlife | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN

Best-selling author Elizabeth Lesser describes how observing her sister Maggie as she prepared for death made her believe more strongly in an afterlife.

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Elizabeth Lesser
2016
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