Swing Low: A Life by Miriam Toews

Swing Low: A Life

Miriam Toews

240 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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Reverberating with emotional power, authenticity, and insight, Swing Low is Miriam Toews's daring and deeply affecting memoir of her father’s struggle with manic depression in a small Mennonite community in rural Canada. Personal and touching, a s...

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Moods

emotional 83%
reflective 75%
sad 75%
dark 50%
funny 41%
challenging 25%
hopeful 8%
tense 8%

Pace

medium 72%
slow 18%
fast 9%

Average rating

4.14

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