All My Puny Sorrows<\/strong> By Miriam Toews<\/p>\nThis one is sad, and we mean like, heartbreakingly sad. it\u2019s also strangely funny, which is the charm of any Miriam Toews novel. The best takeaway from this novel is that these ups and downs are what makes us human and it should be normal to experience and more importantly, live through them. Sorry for getting so serious there, the other week we saw someone totally eat it on a bike that got caught in the streetcar rails and the cyclist got up, dusted himself off and moved on. Once we were done laughing, it was inspiring to see someone continue on like nothing happened. That\u2019s kind of a metaphor for this novel, we think.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Every year Scotiabank hands out the Giller prize, which is the top literary prize in Canada. It\u2019s like the Grammys of book writing. Or is that a Juno? Then what the heck is a Gemini award? Anyway. It\u2019s a huge deal to those of us who love fiction novels. Especially Canadian fiction novels.<\/p>\n