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01965aam a22002898i 4500 001 59A4079EF79311E8BA923B1497128E48 003 SILO 005 20181204010734 008 171115s2018 onc 000 f eng 020 $a 0735273960 020 $a 9780735273962 035 $a (OCoLC)1035258893 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d OCLCO $d VP@ $d UBC $d CNCAR $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d MLSOD $d SILO 050 4 $a PS8589 O6352 W66 2018 100 1 $a Toews, Miriam, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Women talking : $b a novel / $c Miriam Toews. 263 $a 1809 264 1 $a Toronto : $b Alfred A. Knopf Canada, $c [2018] 300 $a 216 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "A major work by one of our most beloved and esteemed writers, the novel is based on real events that happened between 2005 and 2009 in a remote Mennonite community where more than 100 girls and women were drugged unconscious and raped in the night by what they were told were "ghosts" or "demons." Women Talking is an imagined response to these real events. It takes place over 48 hours, as eight women hide in a hayloft while the men are in a nearby town posting bail for the perpetrators. They have come together to debate, on behalf of all the women and children in the community, whether to stay or leave before the men return. Taking minutes is the one man invited by the women to witness the conversation--a former outcast whose own surprising story is revealed as the women talk. By turns poignant, furious, witty, acerbic, tender, devastating, and heartbreaking, the voices in this extraordinary novel are unforgettable."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Mennonites $v Fiction. 776 1 $a Toews, Miriam, 1964- $t Women talking. $d Toronto : Knopf Canada, 2018. $w (CaOONL)20179073621 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305042010.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59A4079EF79311E8BA923B1497128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search