Monday, September 27, 2021

2021 book 198

 Miriam Toews' Fight Night

Man, this is one of those gorgeous and slightly devastating novels that Toews does so well. It’s narrated by a nine year old girl, living an unconventional life in Toronto with her heavily pregnant actress mother and her eccentric grandmother. Some of the details/themes will be familiar if you’ve read other novels by Toews, but the narrative voice here is so great (and the grandmother is so wonderful) that it didn’t even matter. Hilarious and bittersweet. A.


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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on October 5th.

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