{"product_id":"9780735274570","title":"Swing Low","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen Talking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll My Puny Sorrows, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Complicated Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWomen Talking\u003c\/i\u003e comes an extraordinary memoir about her father and his struggle with manic depression.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning, Mel Toews put on his coat and hat and walked out of town, prepared to die. A loving husband and father, faithful member of the Mennonite church, and immensely popular school teacher, he was a pillar of his close-knit community. Yet after a lifetime of struggle, he could no longer face the darkness of manic depression. In \u003ci\u003eSwing Low\u003c\/i\u003e, his daughter Miriam recounts Mel's life as she imagines he would have told it, right up to the day he took his final walk. A gracefully written and compassionate recounting of a man's battle with depression in a small Mennonite community, \u003ci\u003eSwing Low\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving meditation on illness, family, faith and love.","brand":"Miriam Toews (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47527338180830,"sku":"9780735274570","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6ebc6e31-5472-4896-9f45-9f0a47056ebd.jpg?v=1757555103","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/products\/9780735274570","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}