8 January 2010
the lazy review

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I just finished reading Winnipeg writer Miriam Toews’ book The Flying Troutmans.  Actually, I finished it, stood up in the middle of my bedroom and walked backwards in a figure eight 3 times (uh… rewind?) and now I am reading it again for the second time in a week.

It’s about an aunt and a mom and a son and a daughter, a van,  and eventually, a father, all concerned with a common goal which is saving the mom from herself. The characters and story are depressingly sweet, sad, and funny. The book is short, with an ending that is satisfying. I felt it in my bones and it appealed to my heart, my achey breaky romantic heart.  

Miriam Toews is such a great writer, on point with her cultural references, twisted banter, and compelling humans. The Flying Troutmans came out in 2008 so perhaps this is old news. But anyway, I loved it.  I remember being equally as spellbound by her book A Complicated Kindness (2004), which I think I need to reread. 

Someone should mail a copy to Diablo Cody who should turn it into a screenplay, a la Diablo Cody. It would make a great movie, dare I say, film.

That’s all I’m going to say about that.

What should I read next?

2010-01-08  ::  adrienne