" Death wasn’t something to romanticize. It was something to stave off, to avoid, to fight as long as possible. Even though she had her battles with melancholy, she never seriously considered suicide. Something in her trusted that there would be an upswing and it would be worth waiting for. "

― Meredith Marple , The Year Mrs. Cooper Got Out More: A Great Wharf Novel (Great Wharf Series Book 1)