How to Write a Suicide Note examines the life of a Chinese/Black
woman who grew up passing for white, who grew up poor, who loves
women but has always married white men. Writing has saved her life.
It has allowed her to name the historical trauma--the racist,
sexist, classist experiences that have kept her from being fully
alive, that have screamed at her loudly and consistently that she
was no good, and would never be any good-and that no one could love
her. Writing has given her the creative power to name the
experiences that dictated who she was, even before she was born,
and write notes to them, suicide notes.
Sherry Quan Lee believes writing saves lives; writing has saved
her life.
Acclaim for "How to Write a Suicide Note"
"How to Write a Suicide Note is a haunting portrait of the
daughter of an African mother and a Chinese father. Sherry dares to
be who she isn't supposed to be, feel what she isn't supposed to
feel, and destroys racial and gender myths as she integrates her
bi-racial identity into all that she is. Through her raw honesty
and vulnerability, Sherry captures a range of emotions most people
are afraid to confront, or even share. Her work is a gift to the
mental health community."
--Beth Kyong Lo, M.A., Psychotherapist
"Sherry Quan Lee offers us, in How to Write a Suicide Note, a deep
breathing meditation on how love is under continuous revision. And
like all the best Blues singers, Quan Lee voices the lowdown, dirty
paces that living puts us through, but without regret or
surrender."
Wesley Brown, author of Darktown Strutters and Tragic Magic
"I love the female aspects, the sex, and the strong voice Sherry
Quan Lee uses to share her private life in How To Write A Suicide
Note. I love the wit, the tongue-in-cheek, the trippiness of it
all. I love the metaphors, especially the lover and suicide ones. I
love the free-associations, the 'raving, ravenous, relentless' back
and forth. Quan Lee breaks the rules and finds her genius. How to
Write a Suicide Note is a passionate, risk-taking, outrageous,
life-affirming book and love letter."
Sharon Doubiago, author of Body and Soul, Hard Country; and other
works
Learn more about the author at www.SherryQuanLee.com
Book #2 in the Reflections of History Series from Modern History
Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com
Modern History Press is an imprint of Loving Healing Press
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