Joshua Williams in A Week of Suicide(s)

by Joshua Williams

A Week of Suicide(s) follows the non-fictional accounts of Josh.A college student grappling with his sexual assault, gender identity,and mental health. The diaries are written in a poetic narrativestructure giving an unfiltered insight into an individual coming intohis own strengths and facing his own demons, and at times succumbingto them. Heartbreakingly honest and unflinching in its portrayal of the effects sexual assault can have on the human psyche and Josh as a nonfictional character serves as the backdrop for current events as well as serving as a queer voice that is hardly represented in such aunique, heartbreaking, honest, and uplifting way. The narrative thensegues into poetic insights on what it means to live your personaltruths and the costs that comes with that. The costs I'm alluding toare personal friendships, relationships with family, and at timesshunning one's own spirituality. This is a story of loss, forgiveness,and at time apathy. The poetic nature of the pieces is helped by thefact that at times they seem to be in no real chronological orderwhich gives the reader an insight into the haphazard nature ofpersonal growth and that sometimes to come full circle isn't so much afeeling as it is a tiny facet of success in life. The pieces arewritten to be interpreted as both introspective and a socialcommentary on our character's surroundings as he navigates hissituations in his own unique way. The lovelyfact of this story is that its both its own contained personaladmission while at the same time remaining accessible to many readerssearching for solace in understanding much like Josh is as he writes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1983182591
• ISBN13: 9781983182594
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 73 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"