All My Puny Sorrows - Softcover

Miriam Toews (pronounced taves) was born in 1964 in the small Mennonite town of Steinbach, Manitoba, in Canada. She has published six novels - including A Boy of Good Breeding, A Complicated Kindness, The Flying Troutmans, Irma Voth and All My Puny Sorrows - and a memoir of her father, Swing Low. Toews is the recipient of numerous literary awards including the Governor General's Award, the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (twice), and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. In 2007 she made her screen debut in the film Luz silenciosa. She was nominated for Best Actress at Mexico's Ariel Awards for her performance.

   · "Brilliant.... Delicate braids of sadness and humour. Her most accomplished novel yet." The Globe and Mail 

   · "Poignant, heartbreaking, yet suffused with wit.... A stellar achievement.... A superb offering from a writer of rare originality and undisputed talent." The London Free Press 

   · "Powerful and ultimately uplifting." Ottawa Citizen 

   · "Her fans will not be disappointed." Waterloo Region Record