Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It by Jennifer Michael Hecht

Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It

Jennifer Michael Hecht

280 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve. Despite distressing statistics that show suicide rates rising, the subject, long a taboo, is infrequently talked about. In this sweeping intellectual an...

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