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A story of love, longing, and dark family secrets from one of Canada's most acclaimed writers
The reclusive life of nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, recently married and more recently deserted, is turned on its head when a film crew moves in to make a movie about the Mennonite community in which she and her family live. She is drawn to the creative passion of their world but her domineering father is determined to keep her from it at all costs. The confrontation between them sets her on an irrevocable path towards something that feels like freedom as she and her young sister, Aggie, wise beyond her teenage years, flee to the city. It’s here that they begin to understand the tragedy that has their family in its grip…