![]() The one exception I can name would be her 2018 novel, Women Talking, which a serious work of fiction about the real life horrors endured by women in a Mennonite community in Bolivia.įight Night is her latest novel. You would think these source materials would make her books dark and depressing, but the ones I have read by her are darkly funny, and have strong, intelligent women protagonists. Toews was also scarred by the suicide of her father and her sister, and the impact of suicide is also a recurring theme in her work. ![]() I am a fan of Miriam Toews, a Canadian writer whose characters and stories are often derived from her experiences growing up in a strict Mennonite community outside Toronto (a religion and life which she ultimately rejected). Patten Free Library > Staff Picks > Book Review: Fight Night by Miriam Toews | Posted by: Hannah Lackoff on JanuBook Review: Fight Night by Miriam Toews ![]()
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