This is the story of a little group - “a tainted family, deranged” - that revolves around a woman determined to kill herself. And now comes this unbearably sad, improbably witty novel inspired by the suicides of her father and only sister. Her next book, “ The Flying Troutmans,” drove us through comedy and pathos on a strange family road trip. I’ve been in love with Toews since 2004, when she published “ A Complicated Kindness,” a wincingly funny story about a 16-year-old girl trapped in a small Mennonite town. As that discussion continues in homes, legislatures and places of worship, please make room for “ All My Puny Sorrows,” by Canadian writer Miriam Toews. The story of Brittany Maynard, the terminally ill woman in Oregon who committed suicide earlier this month after making her intention public, forces us to consider - or repress - wrenching questions about how life ends.
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