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Enfield Public Library Bibliography
SUICIDE
Bibliography prepared April 2007
NON-FICTION
Battin, M. Pabst. Suicide: the philosophical issues. St. Martin’s Press, 1980.
ISBN: 0312775318
Call number: 179.7/SUICIDE
Beattie, Melody. A reason to live. Tyndale, 1991. ISBN: 0842309888
Call number: 362.2/REASON
Blauner, Susan Rose. How I stayed alive when my brain was trying to kill me : one
person's guide to suicide prevention. Quill, 2003. ISBN: 0060936215
Call number: 362.28/BLA
Castle, Lana R. Bipolar disorder demystified : mastering the tightrope of manic
depression. Marlowe and Company, 2003. ISBN: 1569245584
Call number: 616.89/CAS
Coleman, Penny. Flashback: post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide, and the lessons of
war. Beacon Press, 2006. ISBN: 0807050407
Call number: 616.85/COL
Crook, Marion. Every parent’s guide to understanding teenagers and suicide: recognize
the hidden signs. International Self-Counsel Press, 1988.
ISBN: 0889086834
Call number: 362.2/CROOK
DePaulo, J. Raymond. Understanding depression: what we know and what you can do
about it. Wiley, 2002. ISBN: 0471395528
Call number: 616.8/DEP
Empfield, Maureen. Understanding teenage depression: a guide to diagnosis, treatment, and
management.. H. Holt, 2001. ISBN: 0805067612
Call number: 616.85/EMP
Evans, Glen. Encyclopedia of Suicide. Facts of File, 1988. ISBN: 0816013977
Call number: R 362.2/EVANS
Finneran, Kathleen. The tender land: a family love story. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
ISBN: 0395984955
Call number: 362.28/FINNERAN
Hermes, Patricia. A time to listen: preventing youth suicide. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
1987. ISBN: 0152881964
Call number: j362.2/HERMES
Jamison, Kay. Night falls fast: understanding suicide. Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
ISBN: 0375401458
Call number: 616.85/JAMISON
Keir, Norman. I can’t face tomorrow: help for those troubled by thoughts of suicide.
Thorsons, 1986. ISBN: 0722512562
Call number: 362.2/KEIR
Pollack, William S. Real boys’ voices. Random House, 2000. ISBN: 0679462996
Call number: 305.23/POLLACK
Portner, Jessica. One in thirteen : the silent epidemic of teen suicide. Robins Lane Press,
2001. ISBN: 1589040015
Call number: 362.28/POR
Poussaint, Alvin F. Lay my burden down : unraveling suicide and the mental health crisis
among African-Americans. Beacon Press, 2000. ISBN: 0807009601
Call number: 616.89/POU
Puryear, Anne. Stephen lives! My son Stephen; his life, suicide and afterlife. Pocket
Books, 1996. ISBN: 067153663X
Call number: 133.901/PURYEAR
Roleff, Tamara L. Suicide: opposing viewpoints. Greenhaven Press, 1998
ISBN: 1565106652
Call number: 362.28/SUICIDE
Roman, Jo. Exit House. Seaview Books, 1980. ISBN: 0872236498
Call number: 362.2/ROMAN
Solomon, Andrew. Noonday demon: an atlas of depression. Scribner, 2001.
ISBN: 068485466X
Call number: 616.85/SOL
Torrey, E. Fuller. Surviving manic depression : a manual on bipolar disorder for patients,
families and providers. Basic Books, 2002. ISBN: 0465086632
Call number: 616.89/TOR
Truly, Tracey. Teen rights : a legal guide for teens and the adults in their lives.
Sphinx, 2002. ISBN: 1572482214
Call number: YA 346.7301/TRU
Zahn, Tina. Why I jumped: my true story of postpartum depression, dramatic rescue and
return to hope. Fleming Hall Revell, 2006. ISBN: 0800718917
Call number: 248.8/ZAH
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Brautigan, Ianthe. You can’t catch death: a daughter’s memoir. St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
ISBN: 0312252964
Call number: B Brautigan
Oliver, Anna Cypra. Assembling my father: a daughter detective story. Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
ISBN: 0618341528
Call number: B Weinberger
Swearingen, Ben. Mystery of Hermann Goering’s suicide. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985.
ISBN: 015163968X
Call number: B Goering
Vanderbilt, Gloria. A mother’s story. Knopf, 1996. ISBN: 0679450521
Call number: B Vanderbilt
FICTION
Anderson, Robert. Little fugue. Ballantine Books, 2005. ISBN: 0345454103
Call number: F Anderson
Bayer, William. The dream of broken horses. Pocket Books, 2002. ISBN: 0743403363
Call number: F Bayer
Boswell, Robert. Century’s son. Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 0375412379
Call number: F Boswell
Brugman, Alyssa. Walking naked. Delacorte Press, 2004. ISBN: 0385731159
Call number: YA F Brugman
Child, Lincoln. Death match: a novel. Doubleday, 2004. ISBN: 0385506708
Call number: F Child
Connelly, Neil O. St Michael’s scales. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2002. ISBN: 0439394458
Call number: YA F Connelly
Deuker, Carl. High heat. Houghton-Miffling, 2003. ISBN: 0618311173
Call number: YA F Deuker
Fine, Anne. Up on cloud nine. Delacorte Press, 2002. ISBN: 0385730098
Call number: J F Fine
Freymann-Weyr, Garret. Stay with me. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ISBN: 0618605711
Call number: YA F Freymann
Going, K.L. Fat kid rules the world. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2003 ISBN: 0399239901
Call number: YA F Going
Guterson, David. East of the mountains. BDD Audio, 1999. ISBN: 0553502247
Call number: CASS F Guterson
Hahn, Mary Downing. The wind blows backward. Clarion Books, 1993. ISBN: 0380775301
Call number: YA F Hahn
Hornbacher, Marya. The center of winter. Harper Collins, 2005. ISBN: 0060192267
Call number: F Hornbach
Long, Goldberry. Juniper tree burning. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN: 0743202031
Call number: F Long
McCullers, Carson. The heart is a lonely hunter. Houghton Mifflin, 2000 [c. 1940]
ISBN: 0618084746
Call number: F McCullers
Meno, Joe. The boy detective fails. Punk Planet Books, 2006. ISBN: 1933354100
Call number: F Meno
Parks, Tim. Destiny. Arcade Publishers, 2000. ISBN: 1559705175
Call number: F Parks
Pevsner, Stella. How could you do it, Diane? Clarion Books, 1989. ISBN: 0395510414
Call number: J Pevsner
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. About David. Delacorte Press, 1980. ISBN: 0440000939
Call number: J F Pfeffer
Rapp, Adam. Under the wolf, under the dog. Candlewick Press, 2004. ISBN: 0763618787
Call number: YA F Rapp
Slade, Arthur G. Tribes. Wendy Lamb Books, 2002. ISBN: 0385730039
Call number: YA F Slade
Spindler, Erica. In silence. Mira Books, 2003. ISBN: 1551666995
Call number: F Spindler
Straub, Peter. Lost boy, lost girl: a novel. Random House, 2003. ISBN: 1400060923
Call number: F Straub
Vaught, Susan. Trigger. Bloomsbury, 2006. ISBN: 1582349207
Call number: YA F Vau
DVD/VHS
The Butcher Boy. Warner Home Video, 2007. (110 minutes)
Call number: DVD/Butcher
Francie lives with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother. The pressure on Francie to grow up is immense. When his mother commits suicide and his friend, Joe, goes off to boarding school, Francie sinks ever deeper into paranoia thanks mainly to his nasty neighbor Mrs. Nugent.
Meet John Doe. Digiview Productions, 2004. (122 minutes)
Call number: DVD/Meet
Reporter Ann Mitchell concocts a story about a fictional character named John Doe and makes him the subject of a column telling his intention to commit suicide over the sorry state of mankind. As the story spreads a grassroots movement develops, showering compassion on the fictional "John Doe", thereby saving the character.
‘Night, Mother. MCA Home Video, 1987. (1 hour, 37 minutes)
Call number: VC/Night
A taut, emotional study about a mother's attempt to stop her distraught daughter from committing suicide.
Ordinary People. Paramount Home Video, 1980. (124 minutes)
Call number: VC/Ordinary
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
Stay. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006. (99 minutes)
Call number: DVD/Stay
Henry, a college student, plans to kill himself in three days, unless psychologist Sam can save him. After his first encounter with Henry, Sam finds he's losing his own grip on reality, as he is thrust into a nightmarish place between life and death.
WORLD WIDE WEB RESOURCES
American Foundation of Suicide Prevention
http://www.afsp.org
Infoline – United Way™ of Connecticut Community Hotlines
http://www.infoline.org
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/suicideprevention/index.cfm
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
http://www.save.org
Suicide Prevention Resources Center
http://www.sprc.org
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