A Long-Shadowed Grief : Suicide and Its Aftermath

In the aftermath of suicide, friends and family face a long road of grief and reflection. With a sympathetic eye and a firm hand, Harold Ivan Smith searches for the place of the spirit in the wake of suicide. He asks how one may live a spiritual life as a survivor, and he addresses the way faith is permanently altered by "the residue of stigma\u0022 that attaches to suicide. [Publisher's text]