![]() ![]() One sister longs to end her life, the other, lives with anxiety and responsibility of care, which this creates. ![]() I was afraid that when I went to sleep I’d wake to find them wrapped around my throat.” Two sisters grow up in a family already carrying sorrow. She brings dark humour to the tragic circumstances her central protagonists find themselves in. There is a sense of melodrama in the unfolding story. Hence when a family member is sick, there can be a heightened intimacy, and yet provisions must still be bought, meals cooked, and cars repaired. She captures the senses of paradox that comes when dealing with difficult circumstances that co-exist with the common rituals of everyday life. She writes with humour that sounds almost flippant about their family dynamics and troubles. ![]() Miriam Toews writes this poignant and unflinching tale based on the autobiographical details of her own family life. The novel’s title quotes from a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ‘On Receiving an Account That His Only Sister’s Death Was Inevitable’. ![]()
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