By Her Own Hand: Memoirs of a Suicide's Daughter

by Signe Hammer

This powerful and sometimes harrowing book is an inquest into the mystery of the suicide of the author's mother, as well as an account of suicide's effect on its survivors--especially children.

Genres: Death

200 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1991

Reviews

[Meghan Portillo · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's difficult to dislike a memoir of this nature ... but I was expecting ... ... more. Based on the synopsis, I had thought a decent part of the book would have dealt with how her mother's suicide affected her into adulthood ... Instead, she spent roughly half of the book telling us about three - yes - 3 - generations of her family tree on both sides, which was elucidating, but not why I wanted to read the book. Any incite I had hoped to acquire was not found.

[Elizabeth Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my second reading of Sigmar Hammer's book. Sigmar's pain in the aftermath of her mother's suicide is numbing - an incredible account of how suicide affects those left behind.