Author: Miriam Toews

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'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters.

'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters.

- Miriam Toews

This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.

This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.

- Miriam Toews

There was no freer soul in the world than me at age nine.

There was no freer soul in the world than me at age nine.

- Miriam Toews

In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences.

In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences.

- Miriam Toews

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

- Miriam Toews

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