![]() ![]() "Miriam Toews saunters along the line between comedy and grief as if she might lose her balance at any moment. "Toews excels here at comedic sophistication, all while masterfully embedding explorations of madness, truth, and the immense sorrow that comes from caring for someone who is derailed by mania's devious tug." - Booklist ![]() She is out to entertain with words, and the tale of the flying Troutmans is her best entertainment yet." - Los Angeles Times "Not since Stephen Leacock have our neighbors to the north given us a writer as witty and wise as Miriam Toews. ![]() "A lovably nutty cast." - Publishers Weekly "This saga of bad luck and good company is a wry, scary, heartfelt ode to the traverses we have to make in life when we're at the end of our rope and there's no net below us." - Elle Cheryl McKeon, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA Cheryl McKeon, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA Indie Next List Highlights 2008 “Is it OK to laugh out loud at the misadventures of an earnest but clueless aunt steaming ahead on a road trip with her niece and nephew in a quest to rescue them from their mentally unstable mother and to track down their long-absent father? These are characters with a great sense of humor, and, so, I decided the answer was 'yes.' Miriam Toews mines the darkly comic while exposing the poignant truths in family relationships.” ![]()
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