![]() ![]() ![]() However it did seem interesting, and given all the buzz surrounding Toews’ book and the fawning recommendations for it all over the internet, I was excited to dive in and meet the complex female characters at its center. It was so nightmarish it didn’t seem real. ![]() I did a quick look into the story, and could barely stomach the fact that the inspiration for this novel came from a near-identical event around 2010 in Bolivia, where a group of women living in an isolated Mennonite community discover that a number of men in their village have been drugging and sexually assaulting them at night, with some of the victims being small children. I desperately wanted to like Women Talking, which I picked up after seeing it was recently adapted into a film by Sarah Polley, with a phenomenal cast attached (Claire Foy, Frances McDormand, Jessie Buckley, and Ben Whishaw, among others). well, if not interesting, at least unique. You can tell Toews is a gifted writer, and I found her approach to the narrative. I’m happy that the novel shines a light on the heartbreaking, horrifying real-life story of these women, and I think a lot of the themes and ideas discussed within are especially interesting when viewed through the prism of the #MeToo movement. Reading Women Talking by Miriam Toews left me with a lot of mixed feelings. And I have arrived at an answer: pacifism.” “I have done what the verse from Philippians instructed, which is to think about what is good, what is just, what is pure, and what is excellent. ![]()
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