Irma Voth
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"Toews is an artist of escape; she always finds a way for her characters, trapped by circumstance, to liberate themselves." -Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker
A rare coming-of-age novel that blends dark truths with uplifting transformations from the internationally bestselling author of Women Talking Miriam Toews.
Jorge said he wasn't coming back until I learned how to be a better wife . . . But before he drove off he gave me a new flashlight with triple C batteries and I'm grateful for it because this is a very dark, pitch-black part of the world . . .
The life of nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, recently married and more recently deserted, is turned on its head when a film crew arrives. They have come to make a movie about the strict Mennonite community in which she and her family live. Against her family's wishes, Irma takes a job on set and glimpses the wider world and a path towards something that feels like freedom.
Irma Voth is a poignant and elegant exploration of one woman's difficult odyssey to discover her own potential-a path that leads her away from her close-knit community and into the wide and unknown world beyond.
Product details
| Published | Aug 26 2025 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781639734801 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 8 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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