Good Morning America medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton has written a book about one of the most troubling times of her life. In 2017, her ex-husband Robert died by suicide, and now she’s releasing a memoir to reflect on how it changed her and her family. Click through the gallery for all the info.
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Jennifer, 49, posted about her book on
Instagram. She began, “Today, it is announced that on May 7 I will be releasing a book on a topic I never thought I would or could publicly discuss. When suicide hit my family, we learned first-hand that no one is immune from what is now the 10th leading cause of death in the US.”
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She continued, “As I tried to put the pieces of my life and that of my children back together, I returned to my very public job, but continued to suffer in private.”
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“It wasn’t until ABC and GMA helped me break this silence by sharing what I was going through after covering the suicide death of Kate Spade, that I realized how many people were going through similar journeys,” Jennifer explained.
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“As a physician, my core drive is to help alleviate suffering and if sharing my story could help others in some way, perhaps I could find the courage to expose my most vulnerable self,” she continued. “In writing this book, I relive the first 18 months after our world was changed forever and I share the stories of almost a dozen other survivors of suicide, both famous people and civilians, whom I spoke with in an effort to learn from them.”
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Her ex-husband was a thoracic surgeon. Jennifer said that since he “had devoted his life to helping people,” the book is dedicated to him and the profits will be donated to a suicide awareness foundation.
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Robert died by suicide two weeks after his divorce from Jennifer was finalized. She talked about it at length in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on GMA in June 2018.
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If you or as loved one is struggling with suicide, call the National Suicide Hotline at (800) 273-8255.
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Jennifer, 49, posted about her book on
Instagram. She began, “Today, it is announced that on May 7 I will be releasing a book on a topic I never thought I would or could publicly discuss. When suicide hit my family, we learned first-hand that no one is immune from what is now the 10th leading cause of death in the US.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
She continued, “As I tried to put the pieces of my life and that of my children back together, I returned to my very public job, but continued to suffer in private.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
“It wasn’t until ABC and GMA helped me break this silence by sharing what I was going through after covering the suicide death of Kate Spade, that I realized how many people were going through similar journeys,” Jennifer explained.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“As a physician, my core drive is to help alleviate suffering and if sharing my story could help others in some way, perhaps I could find the courage to expose my most vulnerable self,” she continued. “In writing this book, I relive the first 18 months after our world was changed forever and I share the stories of almost a dozen other survivors of suicide, both famous people and civilians, whom I spoke with in an effort to learn from them.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Her ex-husband was a thoracic surgeon. Jennifer said that since he “had devoted his life to helping people,” the book is dedicated to him and the profits will be donated to a suicide awareness foundation.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Robert died by suicide two weeks after his divorce from Jennifer was finalized. She talked about it at length in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on GMA in June 2018.
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If you or as loved one is struggling with suicide, call the National Suicide Hotline at (800) 273-8255.
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