I have read a couple other books by this author Miriam Toews and really like her writing. This one is also about Mennonites but instead of in Canada, this family moved from Canada to Mexico and the book is all in Mexico with some memories back about time in Canada. Irma has basically broken from the family and married a local Mexican but to find work he has moved away. Irma is in one of her family's houses that is down the road by herself when a group moves into a nearby house--renting it while they film a movie. The movie is about the Mennonites and a sort of family thing there too--Irma helps out as a translator since many Mennonites speak low German and no one on film crew does. The female lead is brought in from Germany and only speaks German so Irma is needed for this. While this is going on, Irma's younger sister Aggie leaves home and joins with Irma. A big confrontation occurs with their dad and he said he is selling Irma's house & wants her out. Novel takes a turn at this point and does become much more interesting but even this beginning is a good read. I enjoyed this book.
There are 6 WL for the book in PBS so will mail it out at some point.
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