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1. • • Summary One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly violated in the night by demons coming to punish them for their sins.
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   • “Women Talking” is a wry, freewheeling novel of ideas that touches on the nature of evil, questions of free will, collective responsibility, cultural determinism and, above all, forgiveness. As Agata Friesen, an unflappable matriarch, puts it: “Let’s talk about our sadness after we have nailed down our plan.” They don’t have a lot of time.

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   • Toews skips over the rapes and the apprehension of the rapists, cutting straight to existential questions facing the women in the aftermath. “Women Talking” is a wry, freewheeling novel of ideas that touches on the nature of evil, questions of free will, collective responsibility, cultural determinism and, above all, forgiveness.

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   • This real-life horror story inspired Miriam Toews’s scorching sixth novel, “Women Talking,” set in the fictional Mennonite colony of Molotschna, where nearly every girl and woman has been raped. But don’t expect a crime novel full of detail about the assaults, and don’t expect an excavation of the survivors’ emotional experience.

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   • Women Talking is indisputably a Mennonite story—and yet, it parallels the experience of women in patriarchal societies, both historically and today. What are some examples of these societies? Does Women Talking express themes and experiences that are universal? If so, how?

   Reading Guide from Women Talking | Penguin Random House Canada

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   Apr 10, 2019 · “Women Talking” is a wry, freewheeling novel of ideas that touches on the nature of evil, questions of free will, collective responsibility, cultural determinism and, above all, forgiveness.

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   Bloomsbury USA. 240 pp. ISBN-13: 9781635572582. Summary. One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly violated in the night by demons coming to punish them for their sins.

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   The book examines both sexual and domestic violence. How does the women's environment and circumstances dictate how they understand, interpret, and, ultimately, deal with violence? How does this intersect with their religious faith and their beliefs about their place in the world? Discuss the power of language and literacy.

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   Dec 22, 2022 · Books. A Work of Female Imagination: How Women Talking Offers Moving Portraits of Strength. Miriam Toews’s novel is based on a true story of the repeated assaults of women within a Mennonite community and their decision to do something about it. By Lauren LeBlanc Published: Dec 22, 2022 9:00 AM EST. Save Article. Photo Credit: Michael Gibson.

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   Aug 21, 2018 · Acerbic, funny, tender, sorrowful and wise, Women Talking is composed of equal parts humane love and deep anger. It is award-winning writer Miriam Toews' most astonishing novel to date,...

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   Women Talking is indisputably a Mennonite story—and yet, it parallels the experience of women in patriarchal societies, both historically and today. What are some examples of these societies? Does Women Talking express themes and experiences that are universal? If so, how?

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   Mar 3, 2020 · Based on real events and told through the “minutes” of the women's all-female symposium, Toews's masterful novel uses wry, politically engaged humor to relate this tale of women claiming...