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When a state trooper appeared at Rachel Zimmerman’s door to report that her husband had jumped to his death off a nearby bridge, she fell to her knees, unable to fully absorb the news. How could the man she’d married, a devoted father and robotics professor at MIT, have committed such a violent act? How would she explain this to her young daughters? And could she have stopped him? A longtime journalist, she probed obsessively, believing answers would help her survive. She interviewed doctors, suicide researchers, and a man who jumped off the same bridge and lived.

Alisa Cain shares a deeply personal and moving memoir that spans the breadth of her life, marked by both heartache and enduring love. Beginning with her humble beginnings in a small town in North Georgia, Alisa reflects on her early years, shaped by her mother’s struggles and the profound impact of losing a sibling. The birth of her brother with a rare condition, sacral agenesis, further influenced her understanding of strength and vulnerability.