{"title":"Terry Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eTerry Williams offers a compelling exploration of complex social and psychological themes, often delving into issues faced by youth and society at large. His work, including titles like \u003cem\u003eTeenage Suicide Notes\u003c\/em\u003e, provides insightful perspectives that challenge readers to reflect deeply on sensitive topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the Education \u0026amp; Reference category, Williams' books combine thoughtful analysis with accessible language, making them valuable resources for those seeking to understand difficult subjects from both academic and personal viewpoints.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"teenage-suicide-notes-by-terry-williams-9780231177900","title":"Teenage Suicide Notes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Picturing myself dying in a way I choose myself seems so comforting, healing and heroic. I'd look at my wrists, watch the blood seeping, and be a spectator in my last act of self-determination. By having lost all my self-respect it seems like the last pride I own, determining the time I die.\" - Kyra V., seventeen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReading the confessions of a teenager contemplating suicide is uncomfortable, but we must do so to understand why self-harm has become epidemic, especially in the United States. What drives teenagers to self-harm? What makes death so attractive, so liberating, and so inevitable for so many? In \u003cem\u003eTeenage Suicide Notes\u003c\/em\u003e, sociologist Terry Williams pores over the writings of a diverse group of troubled youths to better grasp the motivations behind teenage suicide and to humanise those at risk of taking their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilliams evaluates young people in rural and urban contexts and across lines of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. His approach, which combines sensitive portrayals with sociological analysis, adds a clarifying dimension to the fickle and often frustrating behaviour of adolescents. Williams reads between the lines of his subjects' seemingly straightforward reflections on alienation, agency, euphoria, and loss, and investigates how this cocktail of emotions can lead to suicide—or not. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRather than treating these notes as exceptional examples of self-expression, Williams situates them at the centre of teenage life, linking them to abuse, violence, depression, anxiety, religion, peer pressure, sexual identity, and family dynamics. He captures the currents that turn self-destruction into an act of self-determination and proposes more effective solutions to resolving the suicide crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471687631084,"sku":"9780231177900","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231177900-teenage-suicide-notes.jpg?v=1775249598"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/terry-williams.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}