THE ZERO SUM GAME

A Great Recession Tale

Three Months Away From Clean

Joseph A. Sutton

This is what success looked like...

after it collapsed.

Walk toward the house

Heat.

Garbage.

No daylight.

Keep walking
0 Loans

Every one
needed
a decision.

Own the Story Open the door
0 Houses

Every one became
my responsibility.

Own the Story Walk deeper

The loss stopped being a number.

It became a room.

Own the Story A little farther
0 Lender

Holding
the paper.

Own the Story Almost there
Book cover for The Zero Sum Game

The story didn't end there.

The photographs are real.
So is the story.

Joseph A. Sutton