Stronger than Death: When Suicide Touches Your Life, Chance, Sue, M.D. New York: Norton & Company, 1992. ($19.95)

Stronger than Death is Sue Chance's personal account of the aftermath of her son's suicide, with excerpts from the journal she kept for nearly a year. The author, a psychiatrist, is able to convey the intensity of her grief, while always keeping an avenue open to allow for hope, and somehow, recovery. She reviews not only her own relationship with her son, but also those of her parents, brother, and other family and friends. Her trained, analytical mind looks everywhere for answers but does not place any blame.

This is a small, very well written book, intimate and intense, with no wordiness or technical jargon that would tend to hide Dr. Chance's devastation and how she dealt with it. The author thoughtfully provided a section on resources, symptoms of major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, as well as a bibliography and index.

by Louise Riemer
DRADA Book Committee

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