It Rains In February A Wife Memoir of Love and Loss Dealing with depression suicide death grief and loss edition by Leila Summers Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
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**Finalist in the 2014 Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards**
On the 24th of February 2007 my husband, Stuart, drowned himself at sea, leaving me widowed with two young daughters aged six and four. I knew it wasn't an accident, even though the medics and police never suspected suicide. Stuart had been talking about ending his life for a year. His most recent suicide attempt had been only three weeks earlier. Afterwards, he explained that day as the most peaceful day of his life. Sitting next to the dam, he smoked his last cigarette. He drank a hundred sleeping pills and did a final check to make sure everything would look like an accident. The last thing he remembered was swimming out into the crystal clear water. He said that he was no longer scared of dying, that there was nothing scary about it. Living was the scary thing.
It Rains In February A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss is the true story of a husband's depression and obsession, not only with another woman, but also with ending his life. In this honest and heartfelt narrative, Leila Summers weaves a compelling tale of the year that led up to Stuart's suicide and the grief, profound loss and self discovery that followed. Although each suicide is unique, this book gives the reader an insider's view from one perspective by way letters and e-mail messages.
This book deals with the subject matter of extramarital affairs, depression, suicide, death, grief, bereavement, loss and coping with death and young children. It may be helpful to those who have experienced a suicide in the family, the loss of a loved one to suicide, or who are dealing with depression or the depression of a loved one. It is not meant to offer any form of advice, and is based solely upon the author's personal experience.
It Rains In February A Wife Memoir of Love and Loss Dealing with depression suicide death grief and loss edition by Leila Summers Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
This book is riveting and powerfully written!The fact that her husband was so verbose in his pain gives the reader a valuable insight into what might be going through the head of someone who is ill enough to take their own life.
Others may criticize the author for enabling or standing by allowing herself or her children to be a victim of this man's illness but it is only because they have not lived with someone in the depths of depression.
You believe the person you once knew still lies within them and can be reached. You protect your children by letting them see the good in their other parent and shielding them from the dark the best you can.
After reading this book I challenge anyone to tell what they would have done differently that would have changed the fateful outcome of the story.
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It Rains In February A Wife Memoir of Love and Loss Dealing with depression suicide death grief and loss edition by Leila Summers Health Fitness Dieting eBooks Reviews
What makes a book memorable? I read this book almost three years ago and have thought about it many times since then. Obviously, it touched a cord, even though I've never lost a loved one through suicide. This is the story of two intelligent, sensitive people who came together and produced two much-loved children. But, they didn't live "happily ever after." Why not? What was missing?
Many people can write about a tragic event and tell their side of the story and engage the sympathies of the reader. What is unusual in this book is the author's raw honesty and the lengths to which she goes to try to understand her husband and the pain that drove him to suicide.
The "tipping point" was his affair with a married woman who eventually decided to go back to her husband. If the author is correct, this woman had a history of affairs with men whom she then abandoned in favor of her devoted, forgiving husband. What motivates a woman like that? Drama? A need to be the center of attention? And why wasn't he able to see through her?
I don't believe that the ending of the affair (as painful as it might have been) was the real cause of the suicide. "Men have died and the worms have eaten them, but not for love" is as sensible now as when it was written long ago. Leila's husband suffered from some form of mental illness and that imbalance caused him to end his life.
This story highlights how little we know about the workings of the mind and how little we sometimes know even about our nearest and dearest. It shows the ripple effect of a death - particularly a violent death - as relatives and friends try to understand what happened and struggle to figure out what they could have done differently. This woman was dealt a bad hand, but she played it with courage and honesty. It's a thought-provoking book.
From the moment I began reading, it was hard to put this book down. I can honestly see this story as a movie on the big screen one day.
Through out this book, I laughed and cried and in-between, I felt all sorts of emotions. The gifts I received from reading this book are many and the impact it has had on me is powerful. Robyn is one of those rare souls that come into this life and shows us what it really is to love deeply, honestly, unconditionally, without judgment and wholeheartedly. There is no weakness in this.... for I believe it takes great strength and courage to see, feel, experience and listen with heart first. While this book gave me great insight into the tortured heart and soul of one who is mentally unwell, it also felt like a spiritual journey of sorts. Through Robyn/Leila's writing, I got to experience the power and beauty of her forgiving heart . Being witness to this was healing for me in my own life in so many ways. Leila's ability to be honest and yet tender with her children through out such a horrific time is deeply inspiring and moving. Truly, I am in awe of the woman and mother she was through such a horrific experience.
How many people in this life can look beyond the hurt and pain someone has caused them in their own life, to get to the depths of that persons tortured heart, and walk with them through it all, to be understanding and feel that pain and hurt for them, even while you are in so much pain?
This story is a powerful one... I think it will cause you to ask yourself many questions about who you are as a person. It will trigger all sorts of emotions, perhaps, anger... deep sadness, fear, and pain but I think it will also ignite emotions that are deeper than all of them, the most powerful of all, that being love. If you allow your heart to open to the greater message I found in this book, one of loving with understanding and actually living, experiencing, seeing, feeling, touching and listening with big heart, I think you will find this book awe inspiring, and you will be left with a sense of peace and hope.
Beautifully written, I am so glad I found this book.
This book is riveting and powerfully written!
The fact that her husband was so verbose in his pain gives the reader a valuable insight into what might be going through the head of someone who is ill enough to take their own life.
Others may criticize the author for enabling or standing by allowing herself or her children to be a victim of this man's illness but it is only because they have not lived with someone in the depths of depression.
You believe the person you once knew still lies within them and can be reached. You protect your children by letting them see the good in their other parent and shielding them from the dark the best you can.
After reading this book I challenge anyone to tell what they would have done differently that would have changed the fateful outcome of the story.
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