Review: The Girl Behind the Door: A Father's Quest to Understand His Daughter's Suicide by John Brooks

Title: The Girl Behind the Door: A Father's Quest to Understand His Daughter's Suicide
Author: John Brooks
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Date: February 9, 2016 (first published January 1st 2014)
Edition: ebook (224 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Adoption
• Biography
• Memoir
• Mental Health
• Parent/Child
• Parenting

Literary Awards:

• Kindle Book Award for Nonfiction (2015)

The Girl Behind the Door: A Father's Quest to Understand His Daughter's Suicide by John Brooks

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


John and Erika Brooks experienced a parent's worst nightmare, when their seventeen-year-old daughter, Casey, jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge and took her own life. He shares Casey's and their family's story so that others may benefit from the tragedy.

This book is a candid telling of their story. Poignant and heartbreaking, and yet filled with love for his daughter. I wanted to read it because I have long been interested in how the experiences of childhood translate into who we are as adults. And, how and why seemingly insignificant events can often stay with us our entire lives. I am richer for having read this book.