- Mennonites, Young women, Families, Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
The stifling, reclusive life of nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, recently married and more recently deserted, is turned on its head when a film crew moves in to make a movie about the strict religious community in which she and her family live.
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Classical in form, contemporary, character-led and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Miriam Toews
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, Clipper Large Print, Faber & Faber, Limited
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780571273546
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