All the Bright Places

Apparently, jumping as a means of killing oneself is usually chosen for convenience, which is why places like San Francisco, with its Golden Gate Bridge (the world’s top suicide destination), are so popular. Mom is suddenly listening. “Decca.” She shakes her head. A woman with white hair and the soft, round face of a dumpling answers, still laughing from the conversation she left. Poor forever-changed Violet and her Extenuating Circumstances.