{"product_id":"swing-low-a-life-9781639734771","title":"Swing Low: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternationally bestselling author Miriam Toews recounts her father's life as he might have told it, right up to his final day.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne morning, Mel Toews put on his coat and hat, walked out of town, and took his own life. A loving husband and father, a faithful member of the Mennonite church, and an immensely popular school teacher, Mel was a pillar of his close-knit community. Yet after a lifetime of struggling with bipolar disorder, he could no longer face the ruptures in his world. \u003ci\u003eSwing Low\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegiac ode to a life by an author drawing from the deepest wells of insight and emotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639734771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d","brand":"Miriam Toews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280906387637,"sku":"9781639734771","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_940b8b05-43e4-4ee0-9730-16eb7463c687.jpg?v=1751469731","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/swing-low-a-life-9781639734771","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}