Edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571273560
Published:
05.04.2012
No of pages:
272
Other Editions: Paperback
Irma Voth
Miriam Toews
The stifling, reclusive life of nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, recently married and more recently deserted, is turned on its head when a film crew moves in to make a movie about the Mennonite community in which she and her family live. She is drawn to the creative passion and warmth of their world but her domineering father is determined to keep her from it at all costs.
The confrontation between them sets her on an irrevocable path towards something that feels like freedom as she and her young sister, Aggie, wise beyond her teenage years, flee to the city, upheld only by their love for each other and their smart wit, even as they begin to understand the tragedy that has their family in its grip.
Irma Voth delves into the complicated factors that set us on the road to self-discovery and how we can sometimes find the strength to endure the really hard things that happen. It also asks that most difficult of questions: how do we forgive? And most importantly, how do we forgive ourselves?
Tags
Categorised as:
Fiction
Sub-categories:
General Fiction
Genres & Themes:
Outsiders;
Community;
Americana;
Self discovery;
Escape
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