As the sun lowered in the sky one Friday afternoon in April 2006, acclaimed author Donald Antrim found himself on the roof of his Brooklyn apartment building, afraid for his life. In this moving memoir, Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he came back down: two hospitalizations, weeks of fruitless clinical trials, the terror of submitting to ECTāand the saving call from David Foster Wallace that convinced him to try itāas well as years of fitful recovery and setback.
Through a clear and haunting reckoning withĀ the authorāsĀ ownĀ story,Ā One Friday in AprilĀ confronts theĀ limitsĀ of our understanding of suicide.Ā Donald AntrimāsĀ personal insightsĀ reframe suicideāwhether in thought or in actionāasĀ anĀ illness in its own right,Ā a unique consequence of trauma and personal isolation,Ā rather thanĀ the choice of a depressed person.
A necessary companion to William Styronās classic? Darkness Visible, this profound, insightful work sheds light on the tragedy and mystery of suicide, offering solace that may save lives.
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