224 pages ISBN: 978-2-35341-003-3 Summary Today, in France, one teenage girl in eight makes a suicide attempt. Everyday, an average of two young people aged between 15 and 24, actually commit suicide. 'I feel like I will never make it and I’m so scared of my future. I’m sorry but I can’t say things the way I would like to, so I've decided to quit.' Extract from a letter from Sarah to her parents. Sarah was born in 1980. She was a happy and studious child until her parents moved to another area. In just a few months, she lost the will to live and went deeper and deeper into depression. Was she holding some shameful secret? Her brother, father and mother tried to help her in every way they could, and Sarah saw the best doctors. Yet, she kept on attempting to commit suicide - punctuating each attempt by heart-breaking letters. Nobody could stop her will to take flight. At sixteen, she jumped from the Aquitaine Bridge. Step by step, for the ten following years, her mother has tried to understand. Today, she shares her experience in a powerful book and sheds a new light on young people's contemporary malaise. Born in 1957, Agnès Favre has found refuge from her doubts in writing. She sketches a subtle and moving portrait of her daughter. She addresses worried parents and questions a society in which many young people seem to face an identity crisis. Postface by Marie Choquet, a researcher for the Inserm (National Institute of Health and Medical Research). Feuilleter
