The Mercy of Eternity: A Memoir of Depression and Grace
Wilson's memoir is a gripping Lazarus story of the chiaroscuro of human existence, the transfigurative power and love and forgiveness, andspiritual death and rebirth. The story of his struggle with depressionis a modern-day Everyman play that speaks to all of us who at one timeor another find ourselves lost in our own darkling wood. Written withgrace, candor, and insight, The Mercy of Eternity is a book to cherish. --Kerry Walter, author of Merciful Meekness: Becoming a SpirituallyBrilliant, transcendent . . . In this raw, beautiful memoir, Wilsonpersonalizes the themes he explored in his critically acclaimed 2008book Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy, exploring not onlyhis own mental illness but the intellectual, emotional and spiritualjourney he embarked on that saved his life, even infused it with meaningand beauty. --Minneapolis Star TribuneWilson's . . . passage from despair to 'grace' is hopeful in the end,and it is profoundly enriched and illuminated by the Romantic poets and philosophers he teaches. Wilson was never completely isolated by hisdepression; his literary companions illuminated a path to grace, and hisdaughter. --Raleigh News and ObserverEric G. Wilson blends the literary with the meditative in an intelligent and moving memoir about the author's many- sided approach to his own mental illness. . . . Masterfully weaving in the writings of poets and thinkers from Emerson to Randall, Wilson finds solace in 'fellow travelers' along his passage from despair to grace. --Janice Arenofsky, BP MagazineWilson's . . . passage from despair to 'grace' is hopeful in the end,and it is profoundly enriched and illuminated by the Romantic poets and philosophers he teaches. Wilson was never completely isolated by hisdepression; his literary companions illuminated a path to grace, and hisdaughter. --Raleigh News and Observer