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Fight night / Miriam Toews.
Set in Toronto, 'Fight Night' by Miriam Toews unspools the pain, love, laughter, and above all, will to live a good life across three generations of women in a close-knit family. Toews lives in Toronto, ON. From the author of 'Women Talking', 'A Complicated Kindness', and 'All My Punny Sorrows'. Book Club.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735282391 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 251 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2021.
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| Subject: | Grandmothers > Fiction. Women > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Toews | 31681010246965 | FICTION | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | FIC Toews | 31681010246957 | FICTION | Available | - |
Electronic resources
https://www.innisfilidealab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Fight-Night-Miriam-Toews.pdf
- Book Club Discussion Guide
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERSâ TRUST FICTION PRIZE
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Globe and Mail ? CBC ? USA Today ? NPR
A New York Times Book Review Editorsâ Choice
An Amazon Editorsâ Pick
An Indie Next Pick
An Apple Book of the Month
One of Indigoâs âTop 10 Best Canadian Fiction Books of 2021â
The beloved author of bestsellers Women Talking, All My Puny Sorrows, and A Complicated Kindness returns with a funny, smart, headlong rush of a novel full of wit, flawless writing, and a tribute to perseverance and love in an unusual family.
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Fight Night is told in the unforgettable voice of Swiv, a nine-year-old living in Toronto with her pregnant mother, who is raising Swiv while caring for her own elderly, frail, yet extraordinarily lively mother. When Swiv is expelled from school, Grandma takes on the role of teacher and gives her the task of writing to Swiv's absent father about life in the household during the last trimester of the pregnancy. In turn, Swiv gives Grandma an assignment: to write a letter to "Gord," her unborn grandchild (and Swiv's soon-to-be brother or sister). "Youâre a small thing," Grandma writes to Gord, "and you must learn to fight."
As Swiv records her thoughts and observations, Fight Night unspools the pain, love, laughter, and above all, will to live a good life across three generations of women in a close-knit family. But it is Swivâs exasperating, wise and irrepressible Grandma who is at the heart of this novel: someone who knows intimately what it costs to survive in this world, yet has found a wayâpainfully, joyously, ferociouslyâto love and fight to the end, on her own terms.
