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All My Puny Sorrows

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Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda's life is enviable (she's a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married,) and Yolandi's a mess (she's divorced and broke, with two teenagers growing up too quickly), they are fiercely close - raised in a Mennonite household and sharing the hardship of Elf's desire to end her life. After Elf's latest attempt, Yoli must quickly determine how to keep her family from falling apart, how to keep her own heart from breaking, and what it means to love someone who wants to die.

©2014 Miriam Toews (P)2014 Recorded Books Thought-Provoking Literary Fiction Heartfelt Funny Witty Emotionally Gripping Women's Fiction Genre Fiction
Beautiful Writing • Black Humor • Wonderful Reader • Great Characters • Thought-provoking Storyline • Layered Complexity

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Don't listen to this if you are prone to depression. It's super dark.

However, it is masterfully written and very well performed.

Really depressing story

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I've listened to this book twice now and each time I've been swept into its heartbreak, black humor, grief and the healing power of love. Each sentence is packed with so much emotion it's almost unbearable while the narrator captures all the characters perfectly. Don't miss this one if you're tired of trite stories.

brilliant story and perfect narration

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I loved every line of this book. Beautifully written. Beautifully read. Thought provoking. It will stay with me for a long time.

Loved everything about this book

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I could not sleep for reading this book. The narrator is absolutely wonderful. The writing is engulfing and terrible and beautiful. I hardly ever read books a second time, I know I will read this one again.

The most beautiful book I have read in a very long time

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The rating is great and the pacing is great and the characters are great and the story is great and I would probably read or listen to anything that she did

Great author good book

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