Tim Farrington

Tim Farrington is the author of The Monk Downstairs, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 2002, The Monk Upstairs, as well as the critically acclaimed novels The California Book of the Dead and Blues for Hannah. He lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Healthy Living

Spirituality

A Hell of Mercy

A Meditation on Depression and the Dark Night of the Soul

Talking Points

Farrington is consistenly well-reviewed in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and the Detroit Free Press. He can speak about his brave, personal, and compelling examination of the path of depression and the human struggle to find hope in its midst.

Description

In this unflinching look at depression and the human struggle to find hope in its midst, acclaimed author Tim Farrington writes with heartrending honesty of his lifelong struggle with the condition he calls “a hell of mercy.” With both wry humor and poignancy, he unravels the profound connection between depression and the spiritual path, the infamous dark night of the soul made popular by mystic John of the Cross.

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