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Book: Sons of Suicide

Credit: Richard Knapp

As high schoolers, Clevelander Richard Knapp and his classmate David Pincus discovered that they shared a grim bond: Both of their mothers had died by suicide. It was far from an unspoken bond.  They write about their lifelong friendship, and the importance of sharing their questions, frustrations and feelings with trusted friends, in their memoir, "Sons of Suicide." The authors join in conversation on The Sound of Ideas.
 

Resources

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number is 1-800-273-8255

You can also reach someone at Ohio's 24/7 Crisis Text Line, by sending 4HOPE to 741741

NAMI Geauga Grow through Grief

 

 

-Rick Knapp, Co-Author, Sons of Suicide

-David Pincus, Co-Author, Sons of Suicide 

-Billie Olsen, Family Program Coordinator, National Alliance on Mental Illness Geauga & Committee Member of the Geauga County Suicide Prevention Coalition

Rachel is the supervising producer for Ideastream Public Media’s morning public affairs show, the “Sound of Ideas.”