Best of Q: Miriam Toews on life, death and all her puny sorrows
Canadian novelist on her revealing book.
From the Best of Q, Canadian novelist Miriam Toews ( A Complicated Kindness, The Flying Troutmans) speaks to Jian about the life and death conflict at the heart of her latest book, All My Puny Sorrows.
In the vein of her masterful fusion of humour and heartbreak, the book is a joyful story about sisterhood and compassion, yet also a somber meditation on suicidal thoughts.
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The Toronto-based writer, who hails from Manitoba, talks about her anguish of grappling with a loved one's desire to die, and why she chose to mirror elements of her personal tragedies in her novel.
Manitoba author Miriam Toews takes on mental illness and depression in her latest novel. (Fabiola Carletti/CBC)