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003    OCoLC 
005    20170104121349.0 
008    160824s2016    deu           000 0 eng d 
020    9781536842371 
020    1536842370 
035    (OCoLC)957238100 
037    |bCreatespace Independent Pub, Platform 7290 B Investment 
       Dr, North Charleston, SC, USA, 29418, (843)7895000|nSAN 
       255-2132 
040    CBY|beng|erda|cCBY|dOCLCO 
049    GWVA 
050 04 PS3619.T345|bO68 2016 
100 1  Stahl, Karin,|eauthor. 
245 14 The option :|ba memoir of suicide, mystery, and finding 
       our way /|cKarin Stahl. 
264  1 [Middletown, DE] :|b[CreateSpace Independent Publishing],
       |c[2016] 
264  4 |c©2016. 
300    174 pages, 1 unnumbered page ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    First printing 2016. 
520    On September 11, 2002, when many were remembering the 
       senseless loss of life of the previous year, Kristina 
       Stahl's parents were plunged into a personal tragedy of 
       suicide. Their daughter, an All-American athlete, teacher 
       and coach, had taken her own life. As high achievement and
       striving for perfection turn into performance anxiety, 
       depression and terror, Kristina chooses the option of 
       suicide. No one, not her parents, her colleagues, even her
       closest friends, saw the signs, as Kristina was perfect - 
       at masking her anguish. And so the mystery of why and how 
       this could happen compels Kristina's mother to retrace and
       investigate her daughter's life through the extensive 
       writings she left behind. In this healing and ultimately 
       triumphant memoir, the reader journeys through the days, 
       weeks and years following the heartbreaking loss, piecing 
       together the clues to the depth of Kristina's despair. 
       This memoir of a parent's worst nightmare is deeply moving,
       written with raw honesty and the relentless pursuit of a 
       mother seeking answers. At times heart-wrenching and warm,
       humorous and reflective, this poignant memoir engages the 
       reader in a mother's search to find her daughter's voice, 
       and then her own. Readers will recognize their own grief 
       and losses along the way, while gaining understanding of 
       those struggling with anxiety and the terrifying suicide 
       option no one should choose. A companion book, Silent 
       Warrior: Finding Voice After Suicide, is a collection of 
       Kristina's writings published after her death. Edited by 
       Karin Stahl, Silent Warrior completes the mother-daughter 
       journey. 
600 10 Stahl, Kristina,|d1977-2002. 
650  0 Children|xDeath|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Bereavement. 
650  0 Suicide. 
650  0 Suicide victims|xFamily relationships. 
914    FARM244454 
994    C0|bGWV