November of the Soul
The Enigma of Suicide
1st Edition
Published on 21. February 2006
640 pages
978-0-7432-8202-4 (ISBN)
Description
Written with the same graceful narrative voice that made his bestselling National Book Award finalist The Big House such a success, George Howe Colt's November of the Soul is a compassionate, compelling, thought-provoking, and exhaustive investigation into the subject of suicide. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews and a fascinating survey of current knowledge, Colt provides moving case studies to offer insight into all aspects of suicide -- its cultural history, the latest biological and psychological research, the possibilities of prevention, the complexities of the right-to-die movement, and the effects on suicide's survivors.
Presented with deep compassion and humanity, November of the Soul is an invaluable contribution not only to our understanding of suicide but also of the human condition.
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George Howe Colt is the bestselling author of The Big House, which was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; Brothers; November of the Soul; and The Game. He lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife, the writer Anne Fadiman.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Preface to the First Edition
- Part 1: Adolescent Suicide
- Chapter I: Justin
- Chapter II: The Slot Machine
- Chapter III: Brian
- Chapter IV: Something in the Air
- Chapter V: Dana
- Chapter VI: "Use the Enclosed Order Form to Act Immediately. You Could Save a Life"
- Chapter VII: Beginning to Close the Door
- Part 2: History
- Chapter I: Primitive Roots: The Rock of the Forefathers
- Chapter II: The Classical World: "He Is at Liberty to Die Who Does Not Wish to Live"
- Chapter III: Renaissance and Enlightenment: "It Is His Case, It May Be Thine"
- Chapter IV: Science: Moral Medicine and Vital Statistics
- Chapter V: Faith, Hopelessness, and 5HIAA
- Part 3: The Range of Self-Destructive Behavior
- Chapter I: Winner and Loser
- Chapter II: Under the Shadow
- Chapter III: The Manner of Dying
- Chapter IV: The Numbers Game
- Chapter V: Backing into the Grave
- Part 4: Prevention
- Chapter I: Connections
- Chapter II: Suicidology
- Chapter III: Treatment
- Chapter IV: Social Studies
- Chapter V: Life or Liberty
- Part 5: The Right to Die
- Chapter I: A Fate Worse Than Death
- Chapter II: "Your Good End in Life Is Our Concern!"
- Chapter III: "The Limits Are Obscure . . . and Every Errour Deadly"
- Chapter IV: A Model Hemlock Couple
- Part 6: Survivors
- Chapter I: Merryl and Carl
- Chapter II: The Mark of Cain
- Chapter III: Merryl: The Torture Chamber
- Chapter IV: The O'er-Fraught Heart
- Chapter V: Merryl: The Jigsaw Puzzle
- Chapter VI: A Safe Place
- Chapter VII: Merryl: The Building Blocks
- Chapter VIII: A Place for What We Lose
- Chapter IX: Merryl and Carl
- Acknowledgments
- Resources
- Notes
- Endnote
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
