![]() ![]() Though not exactly a happy book, it is one that deserves to be read. Toews writes with a sharp and piercing eye, offering characters and descriptions which are so odd and yet so spot-on that the reader has to laugh, albeit reluctantly. ![]() Much of the story has Elf in the hospital recovering from various attempts to kill herself, while Yoli pleads with her, badgers the staff, and tries to plan for a future. ALL MY PUNY SORROWS by Miriam Toews RELEASE DATE: Nov. ![]() Yoli tries-oh, how hard she tries-to keep her sister alive. Books by Miriam Toews (Author of Women Talking) Books by Miriam Toews Miriam Toews Average rating 3. ![]() Yolandi is a mess, with two children born out of wedlock, no substantive career, and a pending divorce, yet she manages to soldier on with a fierce sense of humor and hope. All My Puny Sorrows is unsettling, because how can a novel about suicide not be But its intelligence, its honesty and, above all, its compassion provide a kind of existential balm a. The older sister, Elfrieda, a world-famous concert pianist married to a devoted, brilliant husband, has attempted suicide many times. What makes one person survive a difficult life and another, with seemingly more gifts, feel the need to end it? Toews’ ( Irma Voth, 2011) latest novel tells a tale of two sisters raised in a family of outliers in a strict Canadian Mennonite community. ![]()
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