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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

Jorge said he wasn't coming back until I learned how to be a better wife . . .

The life of nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, recently married and more recently deserted, is turned on its head when a film crew arrives 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.

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Product details

Published Aug 26 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 272
ISBN 9781639734818
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews is the author of the bestselling nove…

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