false 3769540 1 <b>How to Write a Suicide Note</b> examines the life of a Chinese/Black woman who grew up passing for white, who grew up poor, who loves women but has always married white men. Writing has saved her life. It has allowed her to name the historical trauma--the racist, sexist, classist experiences that have kept her from being fully alive, that have screamed at her loudly and consistently that she was no good, and would never be any good-and that no one could love her. Writing has given her the creative power to name the experiences that dictated who she was, even before she was born, and write notes to them, suicide notes.<br> Sherry Quan Lee believes writing saves lives; writing has saved her life.<br><br> <b>Acclaim for <i>How to Write a Suicide Note</i></b><br><br> "How to Write a Suicide Note is a haunting portrait of the daughter of an African mother and a Chinese father. Sherry dares to be who she isn't supposed to be, feel what she isn't supposed to feel, and destroys racial and gender myths as she integrates her bi-racial identity into all that she is. Through her raw honesty and vulnerability, Sherry captures a range of emotions most people are afraid to confront, or even share. Her work is a gift to the mental health community."<br> --Beth Kyong Lo, M.A., Psychotherapist<br><br> "Sherry Quan Lee offers us, in How to Write a Suicide Note, a deep breathing meditation on how love is under continuous revision. And like all the best Blues singers, Quan Lee voices the lowdown, dirty paces that living puts us through, but without regret or surrender."<br> Wesley Brown, author of Darktown Strutters and Tragic Magic<br><br> "I love the female aspects, the sex, and the strong voice Sherry Quan Lee uses to share her private life in How To Write A Suicide Note. I love the wit, the tongue-in-cheek, the trippiness of it all. I love the metaphors, especially the lover and suicide ones. I love the free-associations, the 'raving, ravenous, relentless' back and forth. Quan Lee breaks the rules and finds her genius. How to Write a Suicide Note is a passionate, risk-taking, outrageous, life-affirming book and love letter."<br> Sharon Doubiago, author of Body and Soul, Hard Country; and other works<br><br> Learn more about the author at <b>www.SherryQuanLee.com</b><br><br> Book #2 in the Reflections of History Series from Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com<br><br> Modern History Press is an imprint of Loving Healing Press 3813540 6 6 2008 How to Write a Suicide Note: serial essays that saved a woman's life total:6|5:3|4:1|1:2| 6 21 14 2 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 5 1 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 15:27:10 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 17:26:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 0 1 false Fri Aug 29 00:13:52 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 00:28:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 0 0 false Thu Jul 23 23:21:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 23:21:07 -0700 2009 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 0 0 false Tue Jul 21 07:39:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 07:39:29 -0700 2009 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 4 0 false Mon Jul 20 18:05:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 18:05:31 -0700 2009 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 17:39:27 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 17:39:27 -0700 2009 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 0 0 false Mon Mar 16 22:06:39 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 22:06:39 -0700 2009 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 0 0 false Sun Nov 23 05:39:20 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 05:39:20 -0800 2008 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 0 0 false Wed Oct 29 19:50:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 19:50:13 -0700 2008 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 0 0 false Sat Sep 27 15:59:41 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 15:59:41 -0700 2008 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 1 0 false Sun Sep 07 03:04:35 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 03:04:35 -0700 2008 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 1 0 false Sat Aug 23 08:11:23 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 20:24:26 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 08:11:23 -0700 2008 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 0 0 false Sun Jul 27 14:30:50 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 14:30:58 -0700 2008 3769540 1932690638 9781932690637 6 2 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3769540.How_to_Write_a_Suicide_Note_serial_essays_that_saved_a_woman_s_life 5 0 false Tue Jul 22 10:01:06 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 10:01:06 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3769540