Will's Choice: A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery

On March 11, 2001, seventeen-year-old Will took a near-fatal overdose of his antidepressant medication, an event that transformed his life and his family's. In Will's Choice, his mother Gail Griffith recounts her family's effort to restore Will's will to live and to rebuild their own stability in the years following. Griffith combines her own prose with letters and journal entries from family members and friends, including Will himself. A memoir that addresses broader social issues, Will's Choice examines the social and political obstacles American families encounter when dealing with depression. Through Griffith's narrative and the perspectives of those close to Will, the book documents the family's path toward recovery and the possibility of moving forward.