"THIS BOOK IS A VERY VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE DIFFICULT SEARCH FOR MEANING. I URGE PEOPLE IN THE THICK OF THE IMMEDIATE DESPAIR TO HAVE THOSE WORD AND THOUGHTS POUR OVER THEM"
Mariette Hartley, actor, activist, author

Beautiful in Black: Conversation with Suicide is a compelling account of how we cope with loss and the ability of the human spirit to rise from the ashes and transcend even the most devastating tragedy.

Following the suicide of her husband, Sara attempts to reconcile the profound and relentless feelings of anger, sadness, guilt and betrayal which characterize suicide bereavement.

With unflinching courage, Sara explores the demons which plagued her husband, and in the process recognizes that some of those same demons now inhabit her own consciousness. The journey to re-claim possession of her soul is long and arduous, but ultimately she navigates her way out of the darkness to a place of acceptance and forgiveness.

Sara's message of hope will inspire survivors of suicide loss to move forward through the rubble, to get up when they stumble and to know that they too can make it to the other side of grief.

Susan Celentano, M.S., MFT
Certified Bereavement Therapist, Survivors After Suicide Group Program
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Greater Los Angeles - Member Board of Directors

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Visit www.honoringlife.org and come Celebrate with us March 11 ,2007 at:

The ArtHouse Gallery
Santa Monica Ca 9401
818 393-0901

Artist/Author Sara Shai created the Honoring Life Event To inspire people to focus on what is possible when hardship occurs and acknowledges those who transformed tragedy into opportunity.