“Powerful prose...Griffith educates and empathizes. With the story of Will’s choice—life—she gives hope to families in crisis.” — Washington Post Book World
“A comfort and resource for people of any age struggling out of that pitch-dark place of the soul.” — Washingtonian Magazine
“A heartbreaking and hopeful account that highlights a public health crisis in dire need of attention.” — Albuquerque Journal
“Gripping, grueling and entrancing...A knowledgeable guide’s revelatory report on a disturbing phenomenon.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Painfully honest...heartrending...a plea to society to recognize that depression is a serious but treatable illness.” — Publishers Weekly
“Griffith’s stirring prose is supplemented by...useful and possibly life-saving advice for parents...a powerful personal story.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“This is a book about the struggle to supplement love with wisdom in the face of great pain.” — Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon
“Ground-breaking...If this book serves as a wake-up call, it is truly one that could save lives. — Judith Guest, author of Ordinary People
“A look inside the minds of a patient and his family, and...an excellent teaching tool for clinicians.” — Psychiatric News
“Perceptive and instructive...a valuable document in the fight for better health care for our mentally ill children.” — Paul Raeburn, author of Acquainted with the Night
“A courageous and unflinching chronicle .... A beautifully written handbook of help and hope.” — Emmylou Harris
