Irma Voth, Miriam Toews
Irma Voth, Miriam Toews
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Irma Voth

Author: Miriam Toews

Narrator: Erin Moon

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/01/2016

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

A treasure of Canadian letters, Miriam Toews has earned numerous awards. With Irma Voth, Toews delivers a witty novel of great humanity and emotional poignancy. Cast from her Mennonite family for marrying a Mexican man she barely knows, 19-year-old Irma finds herself in an untenable situation. But when a film crew arrives to document her insular community, Irma begins a remarkable journey to redemption and discovering all she may become.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on June 10, 2011

A must read for book lovers of either gender. Through the story we get into the mind set of a young woman dealing with serious issues and - as the book jacket says, "delves into the complicated factors that set us on the road to self-discovery and show us how we can sometimes find the strength to en......more

Goodreads review by Tamara on September 12, 2011

Toews is a literary genius who writes with such a masterly command of the English language. A wizard of words! Her characters are always so complex and vivid despite her minimalist approach to writing. I found this story disturbing and quite sad, but she still managed to infuse it with her signature......more

Goodreads review by Mitchell on October 03, 2018

My favourite of Miriam's books, although Swing Low was personally moving and brought on a sadness I was not prepared for.......more