Swing Low |
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| Author:
| Toews, Miriam |
| ISBN: | 978-1-322-37597-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $11.65 |
Book Description:
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One 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 schoolteacher, 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.
With razor-sharp precision, "Swing Low "tells his story in his own voice, taking us deep inside the experience of despair. But it is also a funny,...
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One 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 schoolteacher, 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.
With razor-sharp precision, "Swing Low "tells his story in his own voice, taking us deep inside the experience of despair. But it is also a funny, winsome evocation of country life: growing up on farm, courting a wife, becoming a teacher, and rearing a happy, strong family in the midst of private torment.
A humane, inspiring story of a remarkable man, father, and teacher.