"Jamison writes with authority, clarity and clinical reserve–. Powerful as her medicine is, her poetic accounting of this dark death is more affecting still."–Baltimore Sun
"Jamison brings us face to face with the suicidal mind in a manner so intense and penetrating that, paradoxically, the immersion in despair she offers is a source of great pleasure."–The Washington Post Book World
"This powerful book will change people’s lives–and, doubtless, save a few."–Newsday
"A profound and impassioned book–it will stand as the authoritative study of suicide for many years."–William Styron, author of Darkness Visible
"[Jamison] writes not only in fierce opposition to suicide, but also in passionate vindication of life."–The New York Times Book Review
