Dealing with identity, depression, self-harm and counselling, James S M Parker's follow up to 'Love or Suicide and the Life In-Between' is a collection of fact, poetry and short story focusing on an 18 month period of his life from mid 2013 to the end of 2014. Part one looks at life, death and how we are influenced by our parents whilst part two is written as a diary using poetry, statements and observations. Brutally honest, deeply uncompromising, relentlessly personal, 'this heat...' takes the reader inside the mind of a man battling with himself and the life dealt to him.

Written by James S M Parker, this is a deeply personal, open and honest collection of poetry, thoughts and short stories created as a direct response to circumstances surrounding family fracture and loss. 'Love Or Suicide and the life in-between' attempts to make some sense of the subject matter as experienced through the eyes of a lost and angry young man fuelled by alcohol and pain.