{"product_id":"irma-voth-miriam-toews-9781639734801","title":"Irma Voth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Toews is an artist of escape; she always finds a way for her characters, trapped by circumstance, to liberate themselves.\" -Alexandra Schwartz, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rare coming-of-age novel that blends dark truths with uplifting transformations from the internationally bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Women Talking \u003c\/i\u003eMiriam Toews.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJorge said he wasn't coming back until I learned how to be a better wife . . . But before he drove off he gave me a new flashlight with triple C batteries and I'm grateful for it because this is a very dark, pitch-black part of the world . . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe life of nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, recently married and more recently deserted, is turned on its head when a film crew arrives. They have come to make a movie about the strict Mennonite community in which she and her family live. Against her family's wishes, Irma takes a job on set and glimpses the wider world and a path towards something that feels like freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrma Voth \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant and elegant exploration of one woman's difficult odyssey to discover her own potential-a path that leads her away from her close-knit community and into the wide and unknown world beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miriam Toews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639734805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639734801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d","brand":"Miriam Toews","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795602624767,"sku":"9781639734801","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eeca63d8-bd07-4a87-9fe0-b6071e480973.jpg?v=1744948110","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/irma-voth-miriam-toews-9781639734801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}