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Apr 11, 2014 · Miriam Toews was alone in her Toronto home when she received a phone call informing her that her older sister, Marjorie, was dead. It was a Saturday — June 5, 2010, the day before Marj’s...
- Mark Medley
Mar 18, 2019 · The novel is narrated by Min’s dishevelled, disorganized younger sister, Hattie, who takes Min’s kids on a road trip to find their long-gone father. Toews’s marriage was ending; sometimes...
- Alexandra Schwartz
May 2, 2015 · Her older sister, Marjorie, killed herself in 2010, having lived with severe depression for most of her life. Like their father, who had taken his own life almost exactly 12 years before, she ...
Mar 28, 2019 · Twelve years later, Toews’s beloved older sister, Marj, committed suicide the same way, which sent the writer into a dense fog of grief. Her father’s death, Toews said, freed her to write ...
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Toews' older sister and only sibling, Marjorie, died by suicide in 2010, almost 12 years to the day after their father. Toews' partner is Erik Rutherford, the screenwriter for the 2021 film Charlotte. Her daughter Georgia Toews and son Owen Toews are both writers.
May 22, 2023 · Toews’ novel zooms in on the 48 hours in which the town’s women have to choose whether to forgive their assailants or leave the only lives they’ve ever known and risk eternal damnation.
Aug 20, 2021 · Two of them live with Toews and her partner in Toronto in a multi-generational home along with Toews’ own mother, her daughter and her daughter’s partner.
