Download or read book Eric's Story. Surviving a Son's Suicide written by Sandra Underwood and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric's Story - Surviving A Son's Suicide is a mother's account of the sudden, unexpected death of her only child. Eric Michael Underwood was a highly successful 27 year-old engineer and actor living in Los Angeles when, in 1995, he took his own life. The book tells the story of his bouts with the depression his parents never knew about, his success as an engineer as well as his budding career as an actor (he was in the movie Forrest Gump with Tom Hanks). It details his mother's struggle to go on living and survive her devastating loss.