Ravi Talajiya Talajiya itibaren Dan Chumphon, Bo Rai District, Trat, Тайланд itibaren Dan Chumphon, Bo Rai District, Trat, Тайланд

Miriam Toews has done a wonderful job of depicting teenage life in a dismal Mennonite community. The narrator and main character Nomi, expresses very well the conflict and confusion she feels as a youth growing up in this ruled society. The clarity of writing is amazing and you are able to picture and feel this 'other' world in which Nomi lives and felt like you walking along side of her. Nomi's struggle to come to terms with both her mother and sister's disappearance, leave her alone with a father who is uncommunicative but very kind. He is overcome with his grief from losing his wife and eldest daughter but doesn't show his grief in public. He wears a suit everyday and even wins an award for perfect church attendance. However, at night he secretly sifts through and rearranges garbage at the dump and slowly sells off their household furniture. Through his deep love and confusion, he shows Nomi that he just doesn't have all the answers. I will leave the rest of my comments out as I don't want to reveal too much. I've given this a lower rating than I normally would have as I did find the novel to be a bit disjointed, jumping from topic to topic too quickly. I sometimes had to stop reading and think "why are we talking about this now?"