â€œAudacious,original and profoundly moving . . . . Healing is a likely outcome of a bookimbued with the righteous anger, compassion and humanity of Swing Low.â€â€”Globe

Swing Low: A Life

â€œAudacious,original and profoundly moving . . . . Healing is a likely outcome of a bookimbued with the righteous anger, compassion and humanity of Swing Low.â€â€”Globe and Mail (Canada)
Reverberatingwith emotional power, authenticity, and insight, Swing Low isMiriam Toews' daring and deeply affecting memoir ofher fatherâ€™s struggle with manic depression in a small Mennonite community inrural Canada. Personal and touching, a stirring counterpart to her novel IrmaVoth and 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.
Country USA
Brand Harper Perennial
Manufacturer Harper Perennial
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 0062070169_used
IsAdultProduct
Height 8
Length 5.31
Weight 0.39903669422
Width 0.54
ReleaseDate 2011-09-06
NumberOfItems 1

Swing Low: A Life