No Time to Say Goodbye

Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One

By: Carla Fine

Narrated by: Carla Fine

Suicide would appear to be the last taboo. Even incest is now discussed freely in popular media, but the suicide of a loved one is still an act most people are unable to talk about or even admit to their closest family or friends. This is just one of the many painful and paralyzing truths that author Carla Fine discovered when her husband, a successful young physician, took his own life in December 1989. And being unable to speak openly and honestly about the cause of her pain made it all the more difficult for her to survive.

With No Time to Say Goodbye, she brings suicide survival from the darkness into light, speaking frankly about the overwhelming feelings of confusion, guilt, shame, anger, and loneliness that are shared by all survivors. Fine draws on her own experience as well as on the knowledge of counselors and mental health professionals. She offers a strong helping hand and invaluable guidance to the vast numbers of family and friends who are left behind by the more than 30,000 people who commit suicide each year. And, perhaps most important, for the first time in any book, she allows survivors to see that they are not alone in their feelings of grief and despair.

©1999 Carla Fine (P)2016 Tantor

Critic reviews

"[T]his book offers hope in its summary of predictable patterns of adjustment." ( Library Journal)

Perfect for suicide survivors

If someone you know or love has committed suicide, this is the book for you. It lets you know so many things that you feel / go through, by those who have been through it already.

helpful for suicide survivors

Helpful for those who are struggling after the suicide of a loved one. helpful stories and words

Incredible insight into what it’s like to lose a loved one to suicide 

Loved the story-it was very healing for me personally after the loss of my son. However, and with no disrespect to the author, this book should be narrated by someone else. 

If You Have EVER contemplated suicide...

Read this book. If knowing the trail of horror that you will leave behind in the wake of killing yourself doesn't stop you, nothing will...

Get past the reader’s accent

At first I thought I would not be able to finish listening to this book due to the reader’s strong NY accent, but I realized she was both the author and the presenter. How brave and strong of her to be able to share her story aloud. As a person who lost two close friends to suicide in less than a month, I found the book very insightful of both my own feelings and how to comfort the surviving partners of my friends no longer with us. Thank you Carla for compassionately sharing your story and the story of others along with the grieving and healing process that goes along with it.