![]() ![]() I desperately wanted to like Women Talking, which I picked up after seeing it was recently adapted into a film by Sarah Polley, with a phenomenal cast attached (Claire Foy, Frances McDormand, Jessie Buckley, and Ben Whishaw, among others). well, if not interesting, at least unique. You can tell Toews is a gifted writer, and I found her approach to the narrative. I’m happy that the novel shines a light on the heartbreaking, horrifying real-life story of these women, and I think a lot of the themes and ideas discussed within are especially interesting when viewed through the prism of the #MeToo movement. ![]() Reading Women Talking by Miriam Toews left me with a lot of mixed feelings. And I have arrived at an answer: pacifism.” “I have done what the verse from Philippians instructed, which is to think about what is good, what is just, what is pure, and what is excellent. ![]()
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