My memoir Leaving the Hall Light On: A Mother’s Memoir of Living with Her Son’s Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide went on sale today through Sunday for $.99 at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. We’re doing this promotion in honor of my participating in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s 16-18-mile suicide prevention Out of the Darkness walk in San Francisco on Saturday, May 21, and Mental Health Month.
I immediately shared this promotion on my Facebook pages and with a few Facebook suicide survivor sites. Plus many of my friends also shared. As a result I’ve gotten a few kudos from people I didn’t know had read it:
This is a very good book. I encourage every survivor to read it.
Thank you for writing and sharing your book. It helped me so much. So much of what you wrote felt like I was saying it. Some things you wrote I was even afraid to admit to myself and yet you were strong enough to share. Thinking of all of you this weekend. Thank you.
A very striking, honest personal account of loss and healing… Madeline is walking for AFSP this weekend in memory of her son. Her book is on sale; I recommend it…
A brand new five-star review also went up on Amazon yesterday:
A must read for any parent who is living through a child’s suicide. I lost my 26 year old son to suicide two and a half months ago. The book portrayed our lives for the past six years. It’s good to know you are not the only family dealing with this horrific disease.
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Needless to say I’m stoked. Not only because of the wonderful comments, but also that it looks like this little promotion is working. My memoir has gone from a 145,000+ ranking on Amazon this morning to a 21,000+ ranking as I write this now. I’m hoping it will help people who have shared the kind of loss and grief I write about in my memoir, and will help those who read it. I said early on in my writing process: If this book helps one person it will be worth it. Thank you all for keeping the momentum of Leaving the Hall Light On going.
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