"Toews is a master of dialogue, swirling the adults'' perspectives through Swiv''s imperfect ventriloquism as if she were mixing paints." -- New York Times Book Review, Editors'' Choice "Ardent, hilarious, and moving." -- NPR.org "If the book''s overwhelming tenderness makes the reader cry, they''ll be, as Swiv''s mother teaches her, ''tears of happiness.''" -- Nadja Spiegelman, New York Times "A touching tribute to the matrilineal bond among three women of different generations." -- Los Angeles Times "Toews will make you cheer and sob for all concerned." -- Boston Globe "Go Grandma Elvira!" -- Margaret Atwood via Twitter "The last book that made me cry. It took only a line or two to be reminded of why I read fiction and why I write it.
Toews doesn''t simply narrate a story; she fashions a world." -- Joshua Ferris, The Guardian "A big-hearted, briskly paced family saga about the extraordinary love that binds three generations of free-spirited women together, and the tools and techniques that they''ve had to develop to survive." -- USA Today, "Best Books of the Year" "You wouldn''t think it''s possible to write a book about a family grappling with the legacy of mental illness that''s also hilarious. But Miriam is such a beautiful and funny writer. She really locates the comedy in difficult life situations. I recommend it [ Fight Night of free-spirited women together, and the tools and techniques that they''ve had to develop to survive." -- USA Today, "Best Books of the Year" "You wouldn''t think it''s possible to write a book about a family grappling with the legacy of mental illness that''s also hilarious. But Miriam is such a beautiful and funny writer.
She really locates the comedy in difficult life situations. I recommend it [ Fight Night of free-spirited women together, and the tools and techniques that they''ve had to develop to survive." -- USA Today, "Best Books of the Year" "You wouldn''t think it''s possible to write a book about a family grappling with the legacy of mental illness that''s also hilarious. But Miriam is such a beautiful and funny writer. She really locates the comedy in difficult life situations. I recommend it [ Fight Night of free-spirited women together, and the tools and techniques that they''ve had to develop to survive." -- USA Today, "Best Books of the Year" "You wouldn''t think it''s possible to write a book about a family grappling with the legacy of mental illness that''s also hilarious. But Miriam is such a beautiful and funny writer.
She really locates the comedy in difficult life situations. I recommend it [ Fight Night ] so highly." -- Rumaan Alam on NBC-TV TODAY, "What to Read" "I laughed and cried reading this book; I can''t think of a higher endorsement." -- BuzzFeed, "Best Books of the Year" "Toews can always see the light through the darkness, and with grace and tenderness and humor, tells how to live with it, really live." -- Literary Hub, "Favorite Books of the Year" "A love letter to our brave and brilliant matriarchs." -- Glamour "A novel as moving as it is full of humor . As Susan Cole, in Now Magazine , says, ''Few authors mix humor and deep emotion with Toews''s skill.''" -- The Millions, "Most Anticipated" "Miriam Toews [is] a master of the novel.
Every book of hers is magic. This one''s magic is terrifying, perhaps even more than others, but it''s compelling and inescapable, demanding to be read." -- New York Journal of Books "Nobody writes books like Miriam Toews-you feel her characters down to the bone, and she can straddle the horrific to the humorous across a single sentence. Fight Night is a hymn to women fighting for themselves and their families." -- New York Public Library "Staff Pick" "Beguiling . [A] wonderful tragi-comic work of fiction." -- National Book Review "Gorgeous . Strong, vibrant matriarchs are hard enough to come by in literature.
Even more so, when they are dynamic, hilarious, kind. [ Fight Night ] is a master class in confronting the darker corners of reality with acceptance and a view toward the future and toward expectation of joy." -- Feminist Book Club podcast " Fight Night brings it. Every corner of human emotion is nudged, awakened, revealed . This novel is a reminder of the full potential of a book to connect us to our humanity and to inspire us to fight another day." -- The Southern Bookseller Review "Fierce and funny, this gives undeniable testimony to the life force of family . a knockout." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "[A] charming, open-hearted book .
Funny and sad and exquisitely tender." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review, "Best Fiction of the Year" "Brilliant . Toews gives Swiv a voice that is sophisticated, childlike and utterly believable. the wonder of Fight Night is that it''s a warmhearted and inventive portrait of women who have learned to fight against adversity." -- BookPage, starred review " Women Talking author Toews is at the top of her game in this novel . [It''s] fierce and funny, and gives undeniable testimony to the life force of family." -- Publishers Weekly, "Holiday Gift Guide" "[A] tightknit, funny, ferocious trio . This novel, with its stream-of-consciousness style, unfiltered raucous humor, and hard-won wisdom is the kind of reading that makes me evangelical.
I adored the girl and the women in Fight Night and am grateful to Miriam Toews to bringing them so beautifully to life." -- Gilmore Guide to Books "In Fight Night as in her previous books, Miriam Toews is a genius. Her gigantic mind and heart are singular; her sentence-making powers, extraordinary. Living in a time when Toews is writing is a reason to rejoice." -- R.O. Kwon, author of THE INCENDIARIES " Fight Night is a headlong rush of a novel narrated by a precocious nine-year-old girl who is doing everything she can to keep her troubled mother from falling apart and her irrepressible grandmother alive. Tender, heart-wrenching, darkly funny, and ultimately joyful, this novel pulses with life.
" -- Christina Baker Kline, bestselling author of THE EXILES and ORPHAN TRAIN "Miriam Toews is wickedly funny and fearlessly honest . She is an artist of escape; she always finds a way for her characters, trapped by circumstance, to liberate themselves." -- The New Yorker "I read in one sitting, it was that good." -- Sarah Polley > "Miriam Toews is wickedly funny and fearlessly honest . She is an artist of escape; she always finds a way for her characters, trapped by circumstance, to liberate themselves." -- The New Yorker "I read in one sitting, it was that good." -- Sarah Polley > "Miriam Toews is wickedly funny and fearlessly honest . She is an artist of escape; she always finds a way for her characters, trapped by circumstance, to liberate themselves.
" -- The New Yorker "I read in one sitting, it was that good." -- Sarah Polley > "Miriam Toews is wickedly funny and fearlessly honest . She is an artist of escape; she always finds a way for her characters, trapped by circumstance, to liberate themselves." -- The New Yorker "I read in one sitting, it was that good." -- Sarah Polley.