{"product_id":"the-suicide-index-paperback","title":"The Suicide Index - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Wickersham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen you kill yourself, you kill every memory everyone has of you. You're saying \"I'm gone and you can't even be sure who it is that's gone, because you never knew me.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen years ago, Joan Wickersham's father shot himself in the head. The father she loved would never have killed himself, and yet he had. His death made a mystery of his entire life. Using an index--that most formal and orderly of structures--Wickersham explores this chaotic and incomprehensible reality. Every bit of family history--marriage, parents, business failures--and every encounter with friends, doctors, and other survivors exposes another facet of elusive truth. Dark, funny, sad, and gripping, at once a philosophical and deeply personal exploration, \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide Index\u003c\/i\u003e is, finally, a daughter's anguished, loving elegy to her father. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWickersham [hasa] gift for making her memories sing as though they were our own. -- \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e One winter morning in 1991, Joan Wickersham s father shot himself in the head.The father she loved would never have killed himself. His death made a mystery of his entire life. Who was he? Why did he do it? And what was the impact of his death on the people who loved him? Using an index that most formal and orderly of structures Wickersham explores this chaotic and incomprehensible reality. Every bit of family history, every encounter with friends, doctors, and other survivors, exposes another facet of elusive truth. Dark, funny, sad, and gripping, at once a philosophical and a deeply personal exploration, \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide Index \u003c\/i\u003eis, finally, a daughter s anguished, loving elegy to her father. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A]n extraordinary, magical mystery tour of a book.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\"Honest, brave, incredibly moving, and completely unflinching in its honesty. It's one of those rare books that will haunt you for a long time after you finish it.\" --Nancy Pearl, \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition, \u003c\/i\u003eNational Public RadioJOAN WICKERSHAM is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Anniversary. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories. \u003c\/i\u003eAn excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide Index \u003c\/i\u003eearned her the 2007 \u003ci\u003ePloughshares \u003c\/i\u003eCohen Award for Best Short Story. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760981016864,"sku":"9780156033800","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a345267886cc46e74dbf42b2c367bcc.webp?v=1780196039","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-suicide-index-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}