Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn’t Over

Today’s Nonfiction post is on Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn’t Over collected by Amy Bleuel. It is 324 pages long and is published by Harper Collins. The cover is white with a large blue semicolon in the center. The intended reader is someone who is interested in stories of suicide survivors and families of those lost to it. There is some mild foul language, no sex, and discussion of violence in this book. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- A semicolon is a symbol of choosing to continue your story rather than end it.
Project Semicolon began in 2013 to spread a message of hope: No one struggle with mental illness is alone; you, too, can survive and live a life filled with joy and love. In support of the project its message, thousands of people all over the world have gotten semicolon tattoos and shared photos of them, often alongside stories of hardship, growth, and rebirth.
Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn’t Over reveals dozens of new portraits and stories from people of all ages talking about what they have endured and what they want for their futures. This represents a new step in the movement and a new awareness around those who struggle with mental illness and those who support them. At once heartfelt, unflinchingly honest, and eternally hopeful, this collection tells a story of choice: Every day, you choose to live and let your story continue on.

Review- A moving collection about living with mental illness and suicide. The stories are from one page to five pages long from a different author and they all tell different things about themselves. There is no formula to this book, just people telling their stories so you get different levels of details from no details about their personal struggle just words of encouragement to longer pieces about what exactly they survived. There is no idealization about suicide, it is talked about honestly with the pain that it gives everyone it touches. There are stories from families of victims of suicide and how the loss has changed them and how much they miss their family member. If you interested in stories of survivors then you should give this book a look.

I give this book a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.