Us, after : a memoir of love and suicide

Us, after A memoir of love and suicide

Rachel Zimmerman, 1964-

Book - 2024

"When a state trooper appeared at Rachel Zimmerman's door to report that her husband had jumped to his death off a nearby bridge, she fell to her knees, unable to fully absorb the news. How could her husband, a devoted father and robotics professor at MIT, have committed such a violent act? How would she explain this to her young daughters? And could she have stopped him? A longtime journalist, she probed obsessively, believing answers would help her survive. She interviewed doctors, suicide researchers and a man who jumped off the same bridge and lived. Us, After examines domestic devastation and resurgence, digging into the struggle between public and private selves, life's shifting perspectives, the work of motherhood, and... the secrets we keep. In this memoir, Zimmerman confronts the unimaginable and discovers the good in what remains"--

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Subjects
Zimmerman, Rachel, > 1964-
Suicide > Biography.
Suicide > Psychological aspects.
Love > Psychological aspects.
Suicide.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Genres
Biographies
Autobiographies
Published
Santa Fe, NM : SFWP [2024]
Language
English
Main Author
Rachel Zimmerman, 1964- (author)
Physical Description
242 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781951631352
  • Authors Note
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1. Widow
  • Chapter 2. Middle Age
  • Chapter 3. Hiding
  • Chapter 4. Remain Upright
  • Chapter 5. The Equivalence of Loss
  • Chapter 6. Ihe Math Packet
  • Chapter 7. The Word "Suicide"
  • Chapter 8. It's Abour Time
  • Chapter 9. Controlling the Narrative
  • Chapter 10. No Imminent Risk
  • Chapter 11. The Luckiest Girl (12 Years Earlier)
  • Chapter 12. The Last Day
  • Chapter 13. The Widowhood Effect
  • Chapter 14. A Party for Dad
  • Chapter 15. Could I have Stopped It?
  • Chapter 16. The Other Rachel
  • Chapter 17. Anticipation and Disappointment
  • Chapter 18. Food is Love
  • Chapter 19. The Illusion of Calm
  • Chapter 20. Warning Signs
  • Chapter 21. The Video
  • Chapter 22. Vertigo
  • Chapter 23. Landmines
  • Chapter 24. The Note
  • Chapter 25. Reading Between the Lines
  • Chapter 26. The Bridge
  • Chapter 27. Out of Control
  • Chapter 28. Leonard
  • Chapter 29. To the Rescue
  • Chapter 30. A Potential Guy
  • Chapter 31. The White Coat
  • Chapter 32. Dreaming of "Another Life"
  • Chapter 33. What You've Missed
  • Chapter 34. Chemistry
  • Chapter 35. Whatever Makes You Feel Good
  • Chapter 36. Our Stories
  • Chapter 37. Detours
  • Chapter 38. The Last Party
  • Chapter 39. Lucky Again (A Marriage of Deep Summer)
  • Epilogue: The Good in What Remains
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Author
Review by Library Journal Review

Award-winning journalist Zimmerman (coauthor, The Healing Power of Storytelling) reflects on her personal journey in coping with the loss of her husband, MIT robotics professor Seth Teller, in 2014. The ebb and flow of life and death wash over the pages of her memoir. She switches from her reporter's perspective (interrogating why her husband and so many others die by suicide) to writing about her personal mourning for not only the person that he was but for the life she and her two daughters had with him. From treasured memories of her husband and family life to her feeling survivor's guilt, her book's vignettes offer a glimpse into how she navigated the daily demands of life with her daughters and discovered a new path to hope. This book's topic is a heavy one, but it's ultimately a narrative of resilience, detailing how Zimmerman and her two young daughters survived devastating loss to rebuild their lives and find love anew. VERDICT Readers who have experienced grief will find comfort in this deeply moving memoir of love and loss.--Donna Marie Smith

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