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Thanks for clarifying! You’re referring to the novel Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding or more likely Long Bright River by Liz Moore — and combining that with SBQ (Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire), likely meaning you’re looking for summary points and quotes related to suicide or mental health themes in Long Bright River.

Here’s a summary bulletin with quotes from Long Bright River (2020) by Liz Moore — a morbidly compelling literary crime novel that deals with addiction, trauma, family bonds, and survival:

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Long Bright River

 by Liz Moore

Genre: Literary crime fiction / social issues

Themes: Opioid crisis, trauma, sisterhood, addiction, police, memory, resilience

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Summary Bullet Points:

• Mickey, a Philadelphia police officer, patrols a neighborhood devastated by opioid addiction.
• Her sister Kacey is missing — a sex worker and addict in Kensington, the same community.
• A series of murders of women in the area prompts Mickey to investigate.
• Their past is unravelled through alternating timelines: childhood trauma, a broken family, and systemic failure.
• The novel blends a mystery with a deep character study about loss, guilt, and survival.

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Psychological & SBQ-Relevant Aspects:

• Explores suicidal ideation implicitly through addiction and despair.
• Themes of self-neglect, trauma repetition, and survivor guilt.
• The system (police, social services, family) fails both sisters, reflecting societal breakdown.
• Kacey’s disappearance acts as both a mystery and a metaphor for erasure and the invisibility of women like her.

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Notable Quotes (Morbid, Haunting, Reflective):

“I wonder sometimes whether we’re drawn to people because they help us feel the way we felt growing up.”

“In many ways, she was dead already. That was the thing about addiction.”

“We were just girls. And we were never allowed to be.”

“I think some people are born with a darkness… and some people are born with a light that attracts that darkness.”

“Each person is more than the worst thing they’ve ever done.”

Would you like:

• A comparison with other books tackling suicide/addiction?
• A mental health framework analysis (e.g. how SBQ might relate to characters)?
• Or a PDF-style digest of this book with more in-depth themes and character arcs?

Let me know how morbid or psychological you’d like to go.