
Us, After
A Memoir of Love and Suicide
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Narrated by:
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Rachel Zimmerman
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By:
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Rachel Zimmerman
When a state trooper appeared at Rachel Zimmerman’s door to report that her husband had jumped to his death off a nearby bridge, she fell to her knees, unable to fully absorb the news. How could the man she’d married, a devoted father and robotics professor at MIT, have committed such a violent act? How would she explain this to her young daughters? And could she have stopped him?
A longtime journalist, she probed obsessively, believing answers would help her survive. She interviewed doctors, suicide researchers, and a man who jumped off the same bridge and lived.
Us, After examines domestic devastation and resurgence, digging into the struggle between public and private selves, life’s shifting perspectives, the work of motherhood, and the secrets we keep. In this memoir, Zimmerman confronts the unimaginable and discovers the good in what remains.
“This poignant, soul-baring memoir is truly one of the most moving accounts of grief, loss and resilience that I’ve read.”—Tara Parker-Pope, The Washington Post
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Gripping!
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Beautiful memoir of grief and life
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As a survivor of familial suicide I found it engaging and well told but unrelatable. The privilege to have physical circumstances unchanged and access to so many experts to ask all the questions reads like a fairytale. It does help prove no matter how much money and determination there are no answers to why.
There’s no “good suicide”
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What I like the most is that Rachel, with her honesty, integrity, talent, skills, and everything else, was the person to write it. This book in this time should become the new classic read for those surviving the loss of a loved one to suicide. It has been 25 years for me but I was still riveted to the writing.
Surviving Suicide Loss
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As a mom, Zimmerman’s top priority is making sure her daughters can still have happy, normal childhoods. The way the story jumps between events before and after the tragedy gives readers a better picture of what happened and how everyone coped.
Listening to the audiobook, narrated by Zimmerman herself, makes the emotions in the story feel even more real. And don’t worry, despite the heavy topic, the book ends on a hopeful note that leaves you feeling uplifted.
Heartbreaking, but uplifting
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A family’s Raw Grief after suicide
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Couldn’t stop listening
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Beautiful and gripping
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