Praise for A Fox Crossed My Path

This is a moving and powerful book. Monica Suswin shows how she has wrestled with mental illness (the scavenger fox of the title), and how she has searched for the reasons it visited her. But the book is not a simple account of her illness; rather, it is an exploration of how different forms of writing can become containers for traumatic experiences, and in so doing lay them to rest. Sympathetic and compassionate, Monica Suswin offers practical help - in the form of guided writing activities - to others who might also be suffering. The honesty and integrity of the book is what makes it compelling – depressive illness is in no way romanticised, but is described unflinchingly, and as far as is possible, with acceptance.                                                                         Rachel Cole  Frogmore Press. No 90. Autumn 2017

Monica is a gifted writer and brings a journalistic curiosity to the ordeal of clinical depression and in this book generously offers to share it.  Defying categorisation, A Fox Crossed My Path is a unique contribution to our still partial understanding of the fox and what happens under cover of darkness.                                                                                                                                                  Victoria Field, writer and poetry therapist

What I love about this book is that it makes something positive out of the darkness that is depression. Monica Suswin writes movingly about how writing can make sense of mental illness. With characteristic generosity of spirit, she gives you the steps to give shape to your experience.                                                                                                                                                                Rachel Kelly, campaigner for mental health