Leaving You | The Cultural Meaning of Suicide subject_pagan and raised two down-to-earth daughters

and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare

unable to truly see herself or escape the unrelenting craving in her heart

Virtue shows us another way―a divine way―to discover answers

and other spiritual traditions to help parents raise children who value cooperation

but I gained insight into my relationships

Leaving You | The Cultural Meaning of Suicide subject_pagan and raised two down-to-earth daughtersAt heart, suicide is a subversive act: the assertion of individual will against public authority. How is it, then, that the act of suicideone with defiant political implicationshas come to be viewed as the last refuge of the self destructive victim? In Leaving You, Lisa Lieberman explores the puzzle of this reigning perception of suicide. Drawing on diverse sources, from biblical stories to Romantic novels, philosophical theories, and psychiatric