Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die
Arianna Rebolini, "Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die"
English | ISBN: 0063295326 | 2025 | 320 pages | EPUB | 345 KB
English | ISBN: 0063295326 | 2025 | 320 pages | EPUB | 345 KB
A gutsy, riveting memoir that intimately explores suicide, its legacy in families, and the cyclical, crooked path of recovery.
Why do so many people want to die—and how do we begin to understand what makes a person choose suicide?
After a decade of therapy and a stint in a psychiatric ward to treat suicidal depression, Arianna Rebolini was “better.” She’d published her first book, enjoyed an influential, rewarding publishing job, and celebrated both a marriage and the birth of her first child—but none of it was enough to keep the desire to die at bay. One night, grappling with overwhelming debt and a prolonged depression, she composed goodbye letters to her husband and son while they slept just feet away.
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