Glynis Horning

PRESENTATION CONTENT by Glynis Horning A harrowing personal journey. • Glynis Horning is a well-known South African mental health journalist dealing with the reality of her son’s suicide. • An estimated one in ten South Africans experience major depression at some point in their life. • The book and presentation based on the book attempts to understand the realities of depression and suicide, removing some of the stigma surrounding suicide.   THE BOOK ‘The hole gapes still. It always will. And I fall in periodically.’ Durban-based journalist Glynis Horning and her husband Chris woke one Sunday morning to the devastating discovery of their 25-year-old son Spencer dead in his bed. Surrounded by loving family and friends, Horning pieces together the puzzle of his death, writing with a visceral intensity of loss and grief, but also of the joys of celebrating her son’s life. Waterboy will touch anyone who has directly or indirectly experienced this ultimate heartbreak. Her wisdom and insight are extraordinary.