The family seem a poor fit in their religiously doctrinaire town, educated and prone to quote classic literature (the title references a Coleridge poem), and their Mennonite connection was apparently severed when Elf chose a worldly existence as a musician. All My Puny Sorrows is the latest novel from Miriam Toews, one of Canadas most beloved authors not only because her work is rich with deep human feeling and compassion but because her observations are knife-sharp and her books wickedly funny. But at its heart, All My Puny Sorrows is a bittersweet story about those who survive and those who cant fight the current. If the answers are on the pages of Toews’ novel, they are merely hinted at in the film. Toewss most famous novel, A Complicated Kindness, tells the story of two adolescent sisters struggling to assert their independence and flee the confines of. “Why live?” seems like a counter-intuitive argument, but it’s at the base of the two sisters’ reunion, one in which Yoli seems reluctantly inclined to assist her sibling’s quest for assisted suicide if she can be convinced it’s the right thing to do. All My Puny Sorrows is told through the first-person perspective of Yoli (Yolandi), a divorced writer and mother of two teens, whose life in Toronto is perpetually interrupted by her. Content warning: All My Puny Sorrows (and, accordingly, this book review) addresses difficult themes, including depression, mental illness, death, and suicide. But Elf’s battle with depression, apparently inherited, leads her to a suicide attempt, the aftermath of which brings both sisters back “home.” There, they reconnect with their emotionally frozen mother ( Mare Winningham), who’s conflicted over having ignored the “do not resuscitate” demand in her daughter’s suicide note. Both Yoli and Elf have long ago escaped the social straitjacket of their solidly religious community. Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Enjoy fast, FREE delivery, exclusive deals and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 13.99 List Price: 17.99 Details Save: 4.

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