"You'll know this memoir was written by a poet from the first paragraph, the writing is spellbinding."
Memoirs about grief, identity, and mental health are definitely not what I usually read but this was an incredibly poignant book about self-discovery (in many senses). Things I loved about this book: 1. The author's ability to perfectly distill the euphoria and frustration of living outside one's own culture (I found myself nodding along at many parts and texting some passages to other expat friends) 2. The dovetailing of the narrator's own life with that of his research subject, a priest from centuries ago grappling with the same questions was so beautifully done 3. The descriptions of setting were so spare but so evocative, I think only a poet could have managed that kind of magic trick This is one of the few books I knew I would want to reread even as I finished it, because there was such richness and depth to it.
Memoirs about grief, identity, and mental health are definitely not what I usually read but this was an incredibly poignant book about self-discovery (in many senses). Things I loved about this book: 1. The author's ability to perfectly distill the euphoria and frustration of living outside one's own culture (I found myself nodding along at many parts and texting some passages to other expat friends) 2. The dovetailing of the narrator's own life with that of his research subject, a priest from centuries ago grappling with the same questions was so beautifully done 3. The descriptions of setting were so spare but so evocative, I think only a poet could have managed that kind of magic trick This is one of the few books I knew I would want to reread even as I finished it, because there was such richness and depth to it.
Memoirs about grief, identity, and mental health are definitely not what I usually read but this was an incredibly poignant book about self-discovery (in many senses). Things I loved about this book: 1. The author's ability to perfectly distill the euphoria and frustration of living outside one's own culture (I found myself nodding along at many parts and texting some passages to other expat friends) 2. The dovetailing of the narrator's own life with that of his research subject, a priest from centuries ago grappling with the same questions was so beautifully done 3. The descriptions of setting were so spare but so evocative, I think only a poet could have managed that kind of magic trick This is one of the few books I knew I would want to reread even as I finished it, because there was such richness and depth to it.
Memoirs about grief, identity, and mental health are definitely not what I usually read but this was an incredibly poignant book about self-discovery (in many senses). Things I loved about this book: 1. The author's ability to perfectly distill the euphoria and frustration of living outside one's own culture (I found myself nodding along at many parts and texting some passages to other expat friends) 2. The dovetailing of the narrator's own life with that of his research subject, a priest from centuries ago grappling with the same questions was so beautifully done 3. The descriptions of setting were so spare but so evocative, I think only a poet could have managed that kind of magic trick This is one of the few books I knew I would want to reread even as I finished it, because there was such richness and depth to it.
Memoirs about grief, identity, and mental health are definitely not what I usually read but this was an incredibly poignant book about self-discovery (in many senses). Things I loved about this book: 1. The author's ability to perfectly distill the euphoria and frustration of living outside one's own culture (I found myself nodding along at many parts and texting some passages to other expat friends) 2. The dovetailing of the narrator's own life with that of his research subject, a priest from centuries ago grappling with the same questions was so beautifully done 3. The descriptions of setting were so spare but so evocative, I think only a poet could have managed that kind of magic trick This is one of the few books I knew I would want to reread even as I finished it, because there was such richness and depth to it.
Memoirs about grief, identity, and mental health are definitely not what I usually read but this was an incredibly poignant book about self-discovery (in many senses). Things I loved about this book: 1. The author's ability to perfectly distill the euphoria and frustration of living outside one's own culture (I found myself nodding along at many parts and texting some passages to other expat friends) 2. The dovetailing of the narrator's own life with that of his research subject, a priest from centuries ago grappling with the same questions was so beautifully done 3. The descriptions of setting were so spare but so evocative, I think only a poet could have managed that kind of magic trick This is one of the few books I knew I would want to reread even as I finished it, because there was such richness and depth to it.
What is the book about?
Memoir
Memoir
Memoir
Memoir
Memoir
Memoir
Mental health
Mental health
Mental health
Mental health
Mental health
Mental health
Self-discovery
Self-discovery
Self-discovery
Self-discovery
Self-discovery
Self-discovery
When Sean meets Elias, the two fall headlong into a love story. But as Elias struggles with severe depression, the couple comes face to face with crisis. Wrestling with this, Sean Hewitt delves deep into his own history, enlisting the ghosts of queer figures and poets before him. From a nineteenth-century cemetery in Liverpool to the pine forests of Gothenburg, Hewitt plumbs the darkness in search of solace and hope. All Down Darkness Wide is a mesmerising story of heartache and renewal, and a fearless exploration of a world that too often sets happiness and queer life at odds.
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