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Title: An Empty Story
Review: Miriam Toews knows how to write, that's for sure and her lack of puctuation didn't bother me one bit - it added to the narrative. What I found unsatisfactory about this book, though, was its lack of anything positive or hopeful. After a friend pointed out to me that Ms. Toew's own father was mentally ill and had committed suicide, things started to make sense. This book appears to be about Ms. Toews own struggle with depression and her lack of any kind of resolution to the problems that have plagued her and her family. I think we were given a glimpse into her own unfinished personal analysis, an analysis that has not reached any positive conclusions or coping skills to survive in the world. If writing this book was cathartic, then I hope the next will be based on the cumlination of all this self examination and be life affirming in some way. Don't read this unless you just want a glimpse into a troubled childhood with little hope for the future and no answers.
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