Somehow I forgot to add this one. Really enjoyed it, though the ending was a bit non-final. Just heard Toews on CBC radio and it sounds like this story was based on her life with her sister. (Her sister has since committed suicide, which influenced Toews' most recent book, All My Puny Sorrows.) T...
I've been trying to think of a way to describe this book. I think the only thing I can really say is "profound".Basically, the book is a recounting of Mel Toews' life, written by his daughter, but from his point of view. It is a graceful story of growing up, dating, getting married, becoming a sc...
it was hard to let this book end. as the remaining pages dwindled and dwindled, i found more and more things to do instead of reading. maybe i should brush my teeth. maybe i should check my email. maybe i should sleep even though i have ONE PAGE TO GO.part of it is that miriam toews is a genius a...
Miriam Toews saunters along the line between comedy and grief as if she might lose her balance at any moment. But she never does. The precarious tone of her novels about fractured families is the crafted effect of a nimble writer. Raised by Mennonites in a small Canadian town, Toews has developed...