{"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":"Knopf Canada |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2017-09-05","offer_id":46914751889663,"sku":"9780735274570","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9780735274570.jpg?v=1765392316","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780735274570","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}