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All My Puny Sorrows

by Miriam Toews
All My Puny Sorrows
All My Puny Sorrows

Gritty meditation on sisterhood and choice.

"All My Puny Sorrows" by Miriam Toews is a deeply moving read that explores the intricacies of family bond through the story of two sisters. As you follow Yoli's struggle to save her sister Elf, who is battling with the desire to end her life, you'll find yourself immersed in a tale that's as much about the complex fabrics of love as it is about the heart-wrenching choices we sometimes face. If you're drawn to narratives that combine emotional depth with a bit of dark humor, this book will likely resonate with you.

  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2014)
  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee (2015)
  • Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2015)
  • Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (2014)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2015)
  • Rathbones Folio Prize Nominee (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

All My Puny Sorrows

by Miriam Toews
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ISBN: 9780571305292
Authors: Miriam Toews
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date of Publication: 2015-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 28341 readers)

Description

Miriam Toews is beloved for her irresistible voice, for mingling laughter and heartwrenching poignancy like no other writer. In her most passionate novel yet, she brings us the riveting story of two sisters, and a love that illuminates life. You won’t forget Elf and Yoli, two smart and loving sisters. Elfrieda, a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married: she wants to die. Yolandi, divorced, broke, sleeping with the wrong men as she tries to find true love: she desperately wants to keep her older sister alive. Yoli is a beguiling mess, wickedly funny even as she stumbles through life struggling to keep her teenage kids and mother happy, her exes from hating her, her sister from killing herself and her own heart from breaking. But Elf’s latest suicide attempt is a shock: she is three weeks away from the opening of her highly anticipated international tour. Her long-time agent has been calling and neither Yoli nor Elf’s loving husband knows what to tell him. Can she be nursed back to “health” in time? Does it matter? As the situation becomes ever more complicated, Yoli faces the most terrifying decision of her life. All My Puny Sorrows, at once tender and unquiet, offers a profound reflection on the limits of love, and the sometimes unimaginable challenges we experience when childhood becomes a new country of adult commitments
 

Gritty meditation on sisterhood and choice.

"All My Puny Sorrows" by Miriam Toews is a deeply moving read that explores the intricacies of family bond through the story of two sisters. As you follow Yoli's struggle to save her sister Elf, who is battling with the desire to end her life, you'll find yourself immersed in a tale that's as much about the complex fabrics of love as it is about the heart-wrenching choices we sometimes face. If you're drawn to narratives that combine emotional depth with a bit of dark humor, this book will likely resonate with you.

  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2014)
  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee (2015)
  • Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2015)
  • Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (2014)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2015)
  • Rathbones Folio Prize Nominee (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.