"The Eclipse is amazing. Truly amazing. It will help millions. I was having trouble putting it down - it was being read in cafes, subway stations and anywhere in between." - Alicia Richardson, New York, New York, USA

"Gambotto has influenced my life dramatically, and will never cease to. The Eclipse is such an accomplishment; for what my praise is worth, Gambotto has the strength and courage of a lion, and the endless energy reserves of China's great dam."
- Richard Sawyer, Lane Cove, Australia

"The best [of all books about loss] by far - Gambotto is a phenomenal writer ... gripping and brilliant."
- Name Withheld, Florida, USA

"I lost my husband last year to suicide and I can relate to so much Antonella has written. Could you please thank her for me? As gut wrenching as what it is, I know what I'm feeling is normal, and most importantly, I'm not alone. Thanks for a great book."
- Ros Carrington, New South Wales, Australia

"What a terrific book!"
- Rahn Wood, Sydney, Australia

"I received The Eclipse as a Christmas gift from my equally Mensa member boyfriend Eric. I appreciated greatly the book ... it is my pleasure to compliment Gambotto about it. Her courage and strength are to be praised. Beyond the sheer human quality of the work, I wish that Gambotto will be rewarded in the literary field too. I have been especially drawn to Gambotto's very peculiar style. Her original and refined writings have strongly evoked to me the powerful grip of an original writer, as Vladimir Nabokov to give an example. Having reaped some positive knowledge from the depths of her sorrow, and bringing it out to the benefit of others is a feat Gambotto can be proud of."
- Véronique Ribaud de Gineste, Paris, France

"Gambotto's words are fitting and so beautiful. We survivors understand each other, noone else does at all. Thank you."
- Pat, California, USA

"Clearly an important work."
- Duncan K. Furphy, Coburn Library, Western Australia

"I loved The Eclipse!!! Is Gambotto going to lecture??? When and where? I would LOVE to meet her.  The last few chapters of her book were the BEST! All of it was, but the best was the last bit. I had to chew on her words a lot. I like that! I would love to send it on to friends but I can't part with it.  I am so sorry.  It is one of those books you will want to go back to over and over again. I highly recommend people to buy it.” 
- TM, USA

"The trouble with therapy is that it makes life go backwards - Anne Sexton. No doubt Ms. Gambotto would agree. I read The Eclipse nearly all the way through again last night. It is at once poignant and jarring. There are so many conversations waiting to blossom. Are you interested in my thoughts? I have a few, but there is a certain reverence preventing me from deposition ... particularly the portion of her pain and grief associated with losing her brother Gianluca ... I had not counted on being so moved.

"Healing is stage-ic and I am in a 'Don't-ask-don't-tell' place. Things are maddeningly slow, and it's nice to dream about a beautiful woman changing lives (and her own) ...   someday, she says ... inspiration always takes me by surprise. I didn't think I needed this read. I was wrong. Fantastically wrong. I do know that I connect intimately with parts of the story (as will anyone who has loved and lost) ...

"Oh yes, one more thing... I do love the fact that she is adamant about change ... claiming her grief and committing to living beautifully for the sake of her brother ... I too keep the faith. Her message is vibrant and emotional and difficult to ignore.  She is passionate and above all literary ... I wept uncontrollably on several occasions, and not just for my losses - for her losses and and the loss we all are faced with when a 'genetic chain is broken' and private conversations stilled."
- MA, USA

"I promptly ordered The Eclipse and received it today. I read the book and took my time over the part about Gambotto's brother. Luca was my friend, my only true friend during our brief time at uni ... I have the word LUCA tattooed on my back to remind me of him and the price he paid. It reminds me to keep looking forward and to learn from the past only. Thanks for writing The Eclipse."
- Darren W, Sydney, Australia

"Gambotto's experiences left a chilling feeling inside me, that one person could suffer so much mental anguish and still survive, let alone write about the experience. In today's climate, it is a book where the issues are confoundingly relevant. To give pause, perhaps, to those who are contemplating suicide and hope to those loved ones who suffer so grievously from its results. My thanks."
- Barb Palmer, Wyandra Library, Australia

"I recently read The Eclipse - A Memoir of Suicide.  I lost my older son Mike to suicide when he was 23. He had developed bi-polar disorder and made a mess of his life during his manic stage. At the time, I didn't understand what was happening or why. He used his college money to buy a sports car and a motorcycle and proceeded to get speeding tickets all over Texas. He maxed out all of his credit cards - (These banks will give almost unlimited credit to college kids) and owed over $50,000 when he died. He was living back at my house when he suicided. 

"He went out one morning when I was at work, stopped at Wal-Mart and bought a shotgun and went out to his favorite spot by a lake and killed himself. The night of the day that he ended his life, I went to bed and I kept having a vision of Mike going out to this lake and then he would park his car and get out. Then the vision would end. I knew then that he was trying to communicate to me as to where he was and that something horrible had happened.

"The police called shortly after to let me know they had found our car parked out by the Grapevine lake. They soon found Mike in the woods. It has been 7½ years since Mike died and it has never stopped hurting. When I think about him out in the woods by himself, it tears my soul out. He had left in me an aching gap I cannot reconcile. 

"The Eclipse helped me to get a perspective on suicide. It means so much. I know from your book that you really know what the pain of suicide can do the the survivors - how their lives will never be the same as before."
- Name withheld, Texas, USA

"Of great value."
- Debra B, South Australia

"Sat down to dip into The Eclipse and read it in 4 hours. It is a truly beautiful book and the most personal thing I have ever read ... what skill and bravery, an achievement."
- Suzanne Stanton, Sydney, Australia

"I'm reading The Eclipse, slowly slowly. That's good. If I was reading it fast, that would mean it wasn't touching the sides. I used to be tougher but somewhere, my heart lost its calluses."
- David B, Sydney, Australia

"An insightful read."
- Debbie Tetradi, Blackburn, Australia

"How beautifully Gambotto has written her story. Some parts of it will stay with me for a very long time."
- Peggy Bennett, Murray Bridge, Australia

"I've described Gambotto to a number of friends as the most brilliant person writing in the English language, so I guess I qualify as a fan."
- Greg Carman, Australia

"Wow, after reading it, I was flabbergasted. It's such a poignant expression of the hell that we have all gone through, it reaches in and grabs you from the inside out. Such a great writer, I was captured with the first paragraph."
- Car, USA

"The Eclipse helps me when I am down ... [Gambotto says] some powerful things about her responses and feelings to her brother's suicide. I highly recommend this book!!!"
- Tammie, Bixby, Oklahoma, USA

"Just wanted to say how wonderful it has been to read the honest outpourings of someone else's grief. I lost a very good friend this year under different circumstances but nonetheless felt healed by the honesty and wisdom of The Eclipse. I also admire your courage in identifying the lack of understanding and error of treatment that medicine is currently using to 'help' those with depression and/or grief/emotional issues. I appreciate that you have taken the time to share the positive insight you have gained of the assimilation of grief into a renewed will to live. Thank you."
- LR, Gold Coast, Australia

"I read a little bit of The Eclipse each day as a treat. I just don't want it to end."
- Colleen, North Carolina, USA

"I have never read anything more beautiful."
- Crystal, North Carolina, USA

"Gambotto is a tremendous writer."
- SS, London, England

"I am about 80% through The Eclipse and it's the FIRST time in my entire life that I am beginning to truly believe in any type of life after death to be perfectly honest and I do for one thing know that my [late] brother is around me now."
- Andrea, Adelaide, Australia

"I admire Gambotto's very straight delivery and wearing her heart on her sleeve.  I know that this has lead to a fair amount of stress in her life but at least she's had the guts to say what's on her mind. I hope that her life, from here-on-in, will bring her happiness and I hope she doesn't lose her direct approach - it's in short supply."
- Rob Richardson, Armidale, New South Wales

"Gambotto is a remarkable woman."
- Johnny, New South Wales, Australia

I am writing to pass on my gratitude and praise for The Eclipse. I lost my little brother to suicide last month. Although I was at first a bit reluctant to read The Eclipse, curiosity got the better of me and before long I was on the emotional rollercoaster of re-living similar feelings and memories that you so eloquently express in your book. Ironically, we share a common thread - I am the banker whilst my brother was the aspirational writer/poet/philosopher (I use the expression "banker" loosely as I studied English at uni and have recently moved into banking after a stint in London). On thing I would like to say about The Eclipse is that it is helping me understand not only my own reactions but also the reactions of those around me - I particularly found relevance in the quote 'survivors of suicide lose the right to live an unstigmatized life', however my favourite is one that I've kept close to my thoughts every day: 'Life is a celebration, never a chore.' For my brother, life was always a chore, and it pains me that he was unable to break out of the chains of despair that greeted him each morning that he awoke. I have found reading your book an overwhelming yet cathartic experience, and want to thank you for having the courage and skill to articulate such a journal of love and feeling that The Eclipse encompasses. I will read it again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your experiences - just to know I'm not going crazy with grief and that other people have experienced the kaleidoscope of reactions and emotions surrounding suicide is a real comfort."
- Name withheld, Brisbane, Australia

"The Eclipse has literally changed my life. I am 42 and lost my brother in 2000. Since then, I have self-mutilated and have had serious problems with addiction. For the first time, I feel as if there is hope."
- Lucinda, Byron Bay, Australia

"God, it made me think! I borrowed a friend's copy but wanted to buy my own. It's a wonderful read."
- Alison, Albury, Australia

"When I finished the Eclipse at approximately 3:30 am, I wept for an hour. I don't do that much, nowadays. It felt like I was shedding not tears but the skin that had restricted my movements. Afterwards, I was lying on my bed wide awake and could have sworn that I really was peeled somehow ... I'm listening to Tom Waits, it's almost 5:30 pm and I'm gonna switch on the sauna soon. This solitude, freedom, today is a bliss. A phrase of a Sinead O'Connor song has popped up in my mind all day long: The whole time/I'd never seen:/all I need is inside me ... Thank you so much."
- Name withheld, Finland

"Thank you, Antonella. I wanted to let you know how interesting I found your book about your brother. I admired the way you were able to so openly and honestly articulate your feelings about Gianluca and events and people in your life. I found it hard to put the book down! Recently a friend and colleague's younger brother committed suicide and listening to him talk about his feelings reminded me strongly of your book. I gave him my copy and suggested he might like to read it sometime in the future. I'd have waited but I'm leaving the country in a few weeks. Still, it seems to have been a good thing to do. He decided to read the book sooner rather than later and has drawn comfort from your words. He says it's good to read about the thoughts and feelings of someone who obviously understands where he's at. Needless to say, it's a very hard time for all concerned but I thought you would be pleased to know your book is providing comfort to someone who has also lost a younger brother. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings."
- Katrina, Brisbane, Australia

"So true. Just beautiful."
- Neera Scott, Sydney, Australia

"The Eclipse is phenomenal."
- John, Sydney, Australia

"I couldn't put it down - I kept wanting the bus ride to work to keep going so I could keep reading!"
- Michelle Windus, Sydney, Australia

"Attention - Antonella Gambotto: Your book is absolutely brilliant. I don't have words to tell you what a wonderful accomplishment you've made. I'm sure I'm not alone in telling you how familiar your words were to me. You see, I suffer from chronic depression, and I found in reading that you put into words the feelings that arise in me when I go off my medication, and the experience of being me in my bleak days. My wife is reading it now, and I am hoping it'll give her a bit better insight into what it is like being me - or someone like me.You should be very proud of yourself. You've done a beautiful thing."
- David, Canada

"It's the story of my life. I acually found it difficult to keep reading because it's so close to the bone. It's just SO TRUE. Gambotto is a goddess."
- BH, Los Angeles, USA

"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant."
- Lin, Sydney, Australia

"I am seriously impressed."
- Michael, Staines, England

"Beautifully written."
- Allan M, Sydney, Australia

"I am a mix of emotions this morning. I am amazed at Gambotto's honesty in The Eclipse - absolutely amazed. Her gift to write is one that has been with her from birth, she has been blessed. I certainly cannot put into words adequately the emotions of the heart that she does - it is a real gift! The best thing is that she shares this gift with others and passes on the knowledge and that is the best gift of all - so thanks. Thanks."
- Justin Porter, Washington, USA

"The Eclipse is great."
- Pamela Hueitt, Arkansas, USA

"This book is going to do so much good."
- Paul K, London, England

"Extraordinary."
- Maurice, Sydney, Australia

"Gambotto is one of the very best writers around."
- Despina Babbage, Victoria, Australia

"The Eclipse is beautiful, repeat beautiful. Antonella's brother, Gianluca, committed suicide the week before my sister Kim died. Antonella's artistry is profound. Her talent is rare and raw. She saved my life. I have never met her nor even spoken to her on a telephone but she is the angel that I needed at the worst time of my life. This book is her healing. And, in parts, mine as well. I know you will love her work and her mind as much as I do."
- Rita Sports, North Carolina, USA

"I'm ... speechless. Beyond the subject matter, I had no idea what to expect. This is ... alive. The science in it is fascinating. Looks like Gambotto has got a hit on her hands."
- Bob R, Ohio, USA

"Amazing stuff. (Antonella is a stunner to boot!)"
- Jason Ferris, Byron Bay, Australia

"My mom read the book in one night ... she is very impressed!!! She thought it may have been a very hard emotional read, but found reading it an incredibly moving and positive, heartfelt experience. She said that reading it, she could feel exactly what Antonella must have gone through. My mom’s favorite line (and that which she could most relate) was when Antonella wanted to kick the female police officer's head in when she was driving too slow!! My mom lost her mother (my nana) last year and I think reading someone else’s experience of grief (even under different circumstances) was very cathartic for her. My mom’s best friend (of over 25 years) lost her mother recently. She basically decided to die and as no one would help her, decided that the only thing she could do was to stop eating and literally starved herself to death in her nursing home. My mom is going to send a copy of The Eclipse to her. Thank you again for such a moving book. It is wonderful to feel moved and know you are alive."
- Heidi Anlezark, Sydney, Australia

"I flicked through it and then picked it up and couldn't stop reading. The Eclipse is beautiful."
- Kris M, Sydney, Australia

"Received the two books and I LOOOOOOOOOOVE them!"
- Jane B, Bungendore, Australia

"Apart from the fact that I felt like crying lots, The Eclipse is just wonderful."
- Kerri Leadbetter, Sydney, Australia

"Incredible."
- PC, Brisbane, Australia

"Very moving."
- Dorothy Ratnarajah, Hervey Bay, Australia

"Has ever a broken ankle touched so many people?"
- Melissa Austin, South Dakota, USA

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