All My Puny Sorrows

by Miriam Toews

Book Overview

A New York Times 2015 Holiday Gift Guide selection.

Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda's is an enviable life (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 own life. After Elf's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940450713
• ISBN13: 9781940450711
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: McSweeney's
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Sorrows Expelled

I knew what the book was about from jump. I was attracted to this book due to its dark premise of suicide. The book shows the struggles of a family pertaining to one suicidal member. The story teases, and ultimately enough is a story about life just as much a death.