Sometimes they should think twice.Of course the writing here is brilliant. Sometimes writers are urged to write about what they know. It is a harrowing reality that bombards every moment of this fictional account of the repeated, and eventually successful, suicide attempts of a brilliant pianist and her sister’s efforts to thwart this and/or contemplate the possibility of acceding to her sister’s plea and helping her. Some years after that her sister followed suit. Some years ago Toews’ father committed suicide. It is impossible to read this novel without an awareness of certain events in author Miriam Toews’ life badgering you with every line, with every page you turn.
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