Too often memoirs wrap it up quickly and the reader never learns how the author moved past the events in their life. The Sitting Swing, however, is an excellent balance of memoir and self-help. Irene Watson made her experiences at the recovery center as important as her childhood. Though I could not relate to her unique childhood, I could appreciate her feelings and the residual issues that existed when she entered the facility. Written in a unique voice, this book sometimes resembled a letter to a friend or a journal entry. It was brutally honest and thought-provoking. I felt fear myself as the walls she developed to protect herself were torn down as I recognized those walls in my own life.

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