self destruction

Although Your Final Moments by Jay Coles is a difficult book to read—given its focus on suicide and addictive behaviors—it is also beautiful in that its message affirms life and hope. Many of these messages derive from allusions to poetry, music, and literature. As Coles explores the lives of teens attending Center Grove High School, he reveals some complex truths about life, grief, death, depression, and those who succumb when they give up hope. Set in Indiana, the novel opens with one of these difficult truths: “Everyone you love the most will die. Your friends will die. Your family will die. One day you willRead More →