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Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die Fiction_Gift_Guide takes time to enjoy aA VULTURE BEST BOOK OF 2025 "[Better] is both an act of defiant self expressionan insistence on vulnerability over shameand an academic exploration that asks seriously: 'What is making us want to die?'" Chicago Review of Books A gutsy, riveting memoir that intimately explores suicide, its legacy in families, and the cyclical, crooked path of recovery. Why do so many people want to dieand how do we begin to understand what makes a person choose