Befriending - The American Samaritans (Paperback)

This book relates the founding in America, and evaluates the effectiveness of, a branch of the worldwide organization of volunteers known as the Samaritans, committed to the prevention of suicide through the simple means of "listening therapy." Great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, Monica Dickens was best known in England as a novelist; in America, as the founder of the U.S. Samaritans. Today Samaritans are in every large city of the country. Volunteers work twenty-four hours a day, answering telephones or meeting troubled people, to try to give them, in nonjudgmental ways, the help they need to get their lives back in order.

General

Imprint:	Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1996
First published:	September 1996
Authors:	Monica Dickens • Carlton Jackson
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	121
ISBN-13:	978-0-87972-700-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Charities & voluntary services Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	0-87972-700-4
Barcode:	9780879727000

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