National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is named in the novel’s final resource block, where it offers readers a direct phone contact in the context of suicide and emotional distress. Its brief appearance shifts the ending from the fictional characters’ experiences toward practical information for readers seeking support.

Identification and Contact Details

The book labels the resource National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and prints the number 800-273-8255. The listing appears beneath the heading IF YOU NEED SOMEONE, framing the contact as an option for readers who need support. The text supplies no further details about the organization’s services or operations.

Placement Among Other Support Resources

The Lifeline listing is paired with information for Crisis Text Line, including instructions to text the word talk to 741741. The two entries offer different contact methods: a phone number for the Lifeline and a text route for Crisis Text Line. The novel presents them together as resources, without describing a formal relationship between the organizations.

Narrative Context and Significance

The resource block follows an ending concerned with the lasting effects of suicide on people left behind. Nadia works with children who have lost a family member to suicide, and a photograph shows her at a summer camp supported by a charitable organization. The novel does not identify that charity as the Lifeline or connect the two organizations; instead, the hotline appears separately in the closing appeal to readers. Its placement makes the book’s final movement extend beyond the story, from showing people offering one another help to naming a contact readers can use.