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4.0 out of 5 stars Flying Troutmans' Book Club selection, Jun 24 2009

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Retired reader ""Trish"" (Victoria, BC Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Flying Troutmans (Hardcover)

Our club selected this book. The rich character development and poignancy of the story appealed to all of us. We fell in love with Logan and Thebes and wished the story could've continued to find out more about their lives...a very enjoyable and humorous read for the summer.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful Toews book, April 16 2012

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For me, Miriam Toews can do no wrong and she has done it again here. Wonderful prose, filled with wit and endearing characters.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Understatement, Nov 30 2008

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Graham Butler (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews
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Toews just has a knack for writing kid characters that are hard to not relate to. She has them down to the melodramatic poetry they scribble into notebooks and it's simply incredible just how much growing up she can stuff into them without losing that sense of childhood.

She's a master of tragic, dark comedy and I'm so happy that she moved away from her Mennonite subject matter to tackle something new.

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