Durante años, en la recóndita colonia menonita de Molotschna, decenas de mujeres han sido sistemáticamente drogadas y violadas mientras dormían. Despertaban doloridas y sangrando. La comunidad se empeñaba...

L'Elf i la Yoli són dues germanes intel·ligents i ben avingudes. L'Elfrieda és una pianista de renom mundial, encantadora, rica i feliçment casada: vol morir.La Yolandi està divorciada, li costa arribar...

Uma remota comunidade religiosa, uma sucessão de abusos sexuais, uma reunião secreta entre mulheres e a escolha que pode vir a mudar o destino. Inspirado numa história verídica, eis o romance que deu...

Elfrieda et Yolandi, deux sœurs issues d’une petite communauté mennonite de Winnipeg, au sud du Canada. La première, pianiste renommée, mariée à un homme aimant et dévoué souffre de dépression. La musique...

Colonie mennonite de Manitoba, Bolivie, 2009. Alors que les hommes sont partis à la ville, huit femmes – grands-mères, mères et jeunes filles – tiennent une réunion secrète dans un grenier à foin. Depuis...

Una nit, vuit dones mennonites de diferents edats es troben en un paller per dur a terme una reunió secreta. Durant els darrers dos anys, aquestes dones, i més d'un centenar d'altres noies de la seva...

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A work of fierce originality and brilliance, Miriam Toews' novel explores the ties that bind families together and the forces that tear them apart. It is the world according to Nomi Nickel, a heartbreakingly...

One morning Mel Toews put on his coat and hat and walked out of town, prepared to die. A loving husband and father, faithful member of the Mennonite church, and immensely popular schoolteacher, he was...

Miram Toews's All My Puny Sorrows -Sunday Times Top Choice Summer Read Elf and Yoli are two smart, loving sisters. Elf is a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married: she wants...

FROM THE WRITER OF THE OSCAR-WININNG WOMEN TALKINGINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORLONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD'Go Grandma Elvira!' Margaret Atwood'Wickedly funny and fearlessly honest.' The...

'In this chaotic world the only stability comes from our love for one another, quirks and all. In Toews's hands, that can be funny or heartbreaking, usually at the same time.' Washington Post Meet...

'Toews's debut is a tart, affectionate look at welfare mothers...Toews is especially good on the "rollicking, happy, impoverished family" of the projects [and] scathing about the humiliations of poverty.'...

Knute is a twenty-four-year-old single mother who returns home to Algren with her daughter to look after her father Tom, who has suffered a heart attack. Meanwhile, Hosea Funk, a friend of Tom's and the...

"Ce roman est un bijou, tranchant et brillant, un hymne à la force des femmes qui affrontent la souffrance grâce à l’humour et à l’espoir." The Guardian Tout juste renvoyée de l’école après une bagarre,...

Une adolescence mennonite Nomi, seize ans, ne rêve que d’une chose : prendre le large. Partir, comme sa mère et sa soeur, loin d’East Village, une austère communauté mennonite. Malgré la promesse faite...

Uma remota comunidade religiosa, uma sucessão de abusos sexuais, uma reunião secreta entre mulheres e a escolha que pode vir a mudar o destino. Inspirado numa história verídica, eis o romance que deu...

«Ets una coseta petita i has d'aprendre a lluitar.» La Swiv s'ha pres el consell de l'àvia massa literalment i ara està expulsada de l'escola. La mare està embarassada i no ha deixat de treballar, així...