{"product_id":"swing-low-paperback-by-miriam-toews","title":"Swing Low Paperback by Miriam Toews","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2017-09-05)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e240\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780735274570\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e198.45\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.99 x 5.22 x 0.61\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eMIRIAM TOEWS is the author of the internationally acclaimed and bestselling novels\u003ci\u003e Fight Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen Talking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll My Puny Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIrma Voth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Flying Troutmans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Complicated Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e A Boy of Good Breeding\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSummer of My Amazing Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, and one prior work of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eSwing Low: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the winner of numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Libris Award for Fiction, the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and the Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award. Several of her novels have been made into feature films, including\u003ci\u003e All My Puny Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e and the Oscar-nominated \u003ci\u003eWomen Talking\u003c\/i\u003e. Miriam Toews lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45349935677601,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780735274570","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780735274570.jpg?v=1762904812","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/swing-low-paperback-by-miriam-toews","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}