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Book Reviews : A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis. By Diane Ackerman. New York: Random House, 1997, 305 pp., $24 (hardbound

Book Reviews : A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis. By Diane Ackerman.... A Slender Thread: at the Heart Crisis. Diane Rediscovering Hope of By Ackerman. Random New York: 305 House, 1997, $24 pp., (hard- bound). This a book is narrative of the author’s as a poignant experience volunteer counselor at Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service phone a in New York. Ackerman’s ob- (SPCS), community agency upstate servations about the callers who confided both acute and chronic distress reflect for the of the human deep respect resiliency spirit and about the and universal of knowledge particulars quality psychic and isolation. The book is also a tribute to the workers pain passionate at the more than 200 SPCSs the whose voices and throughout country skills a connection with thousands of who use listening forge people and crisis lines for survival. support Feminist researchers will find this book an exemplary qualitative and literature buffs will it as to the study, recognize belonging docudrama with its to draw attention to the details of genre, ability an uncomfortable that the would rather story society ignore. Usually, these in which social workers are involved remain narratives, daily, unwritten. A Slender Thread bears witness to these conversations daily of crisis and to the lines 24 society’s responsibility keep http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Book Reviews : A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis. By Diane Ackerman. New York: Random House, 1997, 305 pp., $24 (hardbound

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0886-1099
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1552-3020
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10.1177/088610999801300212
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A Slender Thread: at the Heart Crisis. Diane Rediscovering Hope of By Ackerman. Random New York: 305 House, 1997, $24 pp., (hard- bound). This a book is narrative of the author’s as a poignant experience volunteer counselor at Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service phone a in New York. Ackerman’s ob- (SPCS), community agency upstate servations about the callers who confided both acute and chronic distress reflect for the of the human deep respect resiliency spirit and about the and universal of knowledge particulars quality psychic and isolation. The book is also a tribute to the workers pain passionate at the more than 200 SPCSs the whose voices and throughout country skills a connection with thousands of who use listening forge people and crisis lines for survival. support Feminist researchers will find this book an exemplary qualitative and literature buffs will it as to the study, recognize belonging docudrama with its to draw attention to the details of genre, ability an uncomfortable that the would rather story society ignore. Usually, these in which social workers are involved remain narratives, daily, unwritten. A Slender Thread bears witness to these conversations daily of crisis and to the lines 24 society’s responsibility keep

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work – SAGE

Published: Jul 1, 1998

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