5/12/2023 0 Comments My puny little sorrows![]() She's a smart aleck with heart, a philosopher with a comic's timing." - The Dallas Morning News "Toews (Irma Voth) does a wonderful job with her characters, none of whom are perfect, which makes them all the more real. ![]() Toews writes from the point of view of Yoli, whose interior monologue reads like a cross between David Foster Wallace and Robin Williams if both were, in fact, a 40-something Mennonite woman with authority issues. (Grade: A)" - Entertainment Weekly "Bold, brash and big-hearted. ![]() ![]() its intelligence, its honesty and, above all, its compassion provide a kind of existential balm-a comfort not unlike the sort you might find by opening a bottle of wine and having a long conversation with (yes, really) a true friend." - Curtis Sittenfeld, The New York Times Book Review "In the crucible of genius, tears and laughter are ground into some magical elixir that seems like the essence of life." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post " wrenchingly honest, darkly funny novel. ![]()
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