| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
244 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-244). |
| Contents |
The last stop pub -- Southern hospitality -- Uncharted territory -- The lure of Beachy Head -- Rescue and recovery -- The morgue -- A range of reasons -- The suicidal mind -- The long goodbye. |
| Summary |
Beachy Head is a bit of quintessential England, a seaside promontory where green pastures roll to the edge of a breathtaking chalk cliff. Since 1965, some five hundred (and counting) have plunged from this sheer precipice, making Beachy Head one of the most popular suicide spots in the world. Why here? Who so many? Tom Hunt left his home and family and journeyed to this bucolic landscape to find out. In a narrative that combines personal memoir, history, travelogue, and investigavtive journalism, Hunt recounts a season of disturbing revelations (including that Princess Diana allegedly came here intending to jump). Still reeling from a suicide in his own family, Hunt arrives in England obsessed with Beachy Head's grisly mystique, yet utterly unsure of what he will discover. |
| Subject |
Suicidal behavior.
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| ISBN |
0375507159 |
| Standard No. |
9780375507151 |
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