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Oct 19, 2019lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
"There's no plot, we're only women talking." Inspired by a true story, Canadian writer Miriam Toews's novel is set in a small Mennonite community, in which multiple women have been drugged and violated. Toews, who grew up Mennonite, structures her novel in an unusual way, which clearly turned off a number of readers. It's set up as the minutes of the women meeting to talk about what to do about the incidents, recorded by an ex-con named August. I thought it was an interesting approach and found the novel quite gripping and, despite its remote setting, relevant to contemporary social issues and debates.