Amber Smith Writes About Husband Granger Smith’s Struggle With Suicide After Losing Son

Warning: This story discusses suicide. September is National Suicide Prevention Month.

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Granger Smith was so grief-stricken over the tragic 2019 death of his 3-year-old son, River, he nearly attempted suicide, his wife, Amber Smith, writes in her candid new memoir "The Girl on the Bathroom Floor."

Amber Smith recalls in an excerpt of the book shared exclusively with People , that her husband, 46, told her that in a hopeless moment after losing his young son, he reached for a gun to end his life