My Little Book of Suicides by Susan Collard -SOLD! —BEST OF SHOW AWARD!

BEST OF SHOW AWARD WINNER! Scratched into black paint on unembellished pages, this book is a sad and deeply personal story about suicide and guns within my family. It's a difficult narrative to share. The pages of the book are sewn haphazardly shut, with a needle knotted onto the thread to allow the reader entrance. My family's story, of course, is embedded in a broader social context. The book is sheathed in a canvas wrapper, which unwinds to reveal a series of national statistics on suicide and firearms. Suicide is by far the most common way to die by a gun in the United States, a fact that receives surprisingly little attention. It seems obvious that anyone choosing to own a gun should carefully consider how it is most likely to be used. Suicide is not a problem to be willed away by legislation, but speaking about it openly is a place to start.