Publisher's Synopsis
Each year 44,965 Americans die by suicide. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people ages 15-24, thus leaving thousands of friends and family traumatized, bereft, and in existential despair. In the last two decades, suicide rates in the United States have increased 25%. Publicity surrounding suicides has been repeatedly linked to a subsequent increase in the act, particularly among young people. With so many high-profile celebrity suicides, copycat suicides follow, and many people are left wounded and needing to heal their broken hearts. Suicide can be a popular topic for millennials. Jay Ashers's debut novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, has sold over 3 million copies in the United States alone and is now a successful show on Netflix. 13 Reasons Why is the most-tweeted about show in Netflix history. AUDIENCE: Anyone who has lost a partner, husband, child, parent, or friend to suicide Friends and family of suicide survivors Survivors of any tragedy or trauma where sudden and shocking death of a loved one occurred, including terrorist events and mass shootings Practitioners in the bereavement field, suicide-prevention work; social work and mental health workers and caregivers Millennials and "emo teens"/teens who have depression and suicidal ideation-e.g., teens that watch the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why
