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A review by bartvanovermeire
Swing Low: A Life by Miriam Toews
5.0
Beautiful portrait of her father, who struggled with manic depression his whole life and committed suicide at 62.
"Is depression in part a result of not feeling at home in this world, and blaming yourself for it? Is depression nothing but anger turned inwards, as some say? Does it stem from a childhood loss? From a genetic propensity? From self-hatred? From an inability to be oneself? From having no purpose? From an inability to be free? From a fear of freedom? From the desire to be free and confined at the same time? From choking on a peanut as a two-year-old?
Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions."
"Is depression in part a result of not feeling at home in this world, and blaming yourself for it? Is depression nothing but anger turned inwards, as some say? Does it stem from a childhood loss? From a genetic propensity? From self-hatred? From an inability to be oneself? From having no purpose? From an inability to be free? From a fear of freedom? From the desire to be free and confined at the same time? From choking on a peanut as a two-year-old?
Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions."