Suicide Is Not Your Answer

business. A young woman sees no reason to go on living when her

own father tells her she is nothing but a lazy, good for nothing

whore. A middle-aged Deacon's wife goes into periods of black

despair until she is healed of a traumatic childhood and

understands it was not her fault. A 15-year-old boy sees no reason

to go on, saying, "I'm a nothing and a nobody and it doesn't matter

what happens to me anyway."

The suicide rate in girls ages 10-14 rose 76% in the past 15 years.

The greatest increase has been in those who are 34-64. More

people die from suicide than car accidents. Suicide begins in the

mind. Desperate feelings with no hope and emotional pain so

severe it makes suicide appear to be an option. It leaves family

members in a catastrophic grief.

In "Suicide Is Not Your Answer" Patricia shows how inmates,

battered women, juveniles and those with mental disorders choose

life. She has worked in prisons, a battered women's shelter, the

psychiatric ward of a hospital, with Navy families and the juvenile

court. She tells how she chose life rather than suicide at the age of

23 and went on to help many others choose life.

Suicide is an epidemic of over 42,700 deaths a year. This book

will show you concrete ways in how to choose life and help others.

You won't be able to put it down as you read of the hope, courage,

inspiration and miracles of new life for those who are suicidal.