Eric's Story - Surviving A Son's Suicide is a mother's accountof the sudden, unexpected death of her only child.Eric Michael Underwood was a highly successful 27 year-oldengineer and actor living in Los Angeles when, in 1995, he tookhis own life. The book tells the story of his bouts with thedepression his parents never knew about, his success as anengineer as well as his budding career as an actor (he was inthe movie Forrest Gump with Tom Hanks).It details his mother's struggle to go on living and survive herdevastating loss.