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Swing Low: A Life

Swing Low: A Life

by Miriam Toews
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About this book

"Audacious,original and profoundly moving . . . . Healing is a likely outcome of a bookimbued with the righteous anger, compassion and humanity of Swing Low."--Globe and Mail (Canada)Reverberatingwith emotional power, authenticity, and insight,Swing Low isMiriam Toews' daring and deeply affecting memoir ofher father's struggle with manic depression in a small Mennonite community inrural Canada. Personal and touching, a stirring counterpart to her novel IrmaVothand reminiscent of works by Susan Cheever,Gail Caldwell, Mary Karr, and Alexandra Styron, Swing Low is an elegiacode to a difficult life by an author drawing from the deepest well of insight,craft, and emotion.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780062070166
ISBN10 0062070169
Series/Work OL2810140W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Pages 228
Language EN-US
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Biographies Biography Canadian Novelists Elementary school teachers Families Famille Family Family relationships Fathers and daughters Maniacodépressifs Manic-depressive illness Manic-depressive persons Mennonites Mennonites, canada Mental health Novelists, Canadian (English) Relations familiales Romanciers canadiens-anglais Suicide victims Teachers

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