One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival

by Donald Antrim

Book Overview

As the sun lowered in the sky one Friday afternoon in April 2006, acclaimed author Donald Antrim found himself on the roof of his Brooklyn apartment building, afraid for his life. In this moving memoir, Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he came back down: two hospitalizations, weeks of fruitless clinical trials, the terror of submitting to ECT--and the saving call from David Foster Wallace that convinced him...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324005564
• ISBN13: 9781324005568
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"