Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Miriam Toews, the drama stars Alison Pill as a struggling novelist trying to help her brilliant big sister (Sarah Gadon) recover from a recent suicide ...

Debuting On Demand and digital May 3rd is the new drama ‘All My Puny Sorrows,’ which is based on the novel of the same name by Miriam Toews. Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Alison ...

A sister tries to persuade a sibling that her life is worth living. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. See ...

In Miriam Toews's brilliant and desperately sad new novel, All My Puny Sorrows, we meet two sisters. One is our narrator, Yolandi, a moderately successful author of rodeo-themed young adult novels.

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. All My Puny Sorrows By Miriam Toews Knopf Canada 321 pp; $29.95 Enjoy the latest local, national and ...

I love this movie like a person. It pierced my heart the way certain paintings or pieces of music do. The way standing at the foot of a mountain does. The first time I saw it, I had to stay in my ...

“All My Puny Sorrows” is a novel about suicide, a 320-page contemplation of the point of human existence that asks why we bother slogging through our inevitable suffering when we have the choice to ...

“I, too, a sister had, an only sister — / She loved me dearly and I doted on her / To her I pour’d forth all my puny sorrows / (As a sick patient in a nurse’s arms.) / And of the heart those hidden ...

Michael McGowan's adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel marries a celebrated author with a filmmaker in his creative prime You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

It was late at night when I finished “All My Puny Sorrows,” the heartbreaking, valiant, very funny new novel by Miriam Toews. Everyone was asleep. I slipped out of bed and went into the darkened ...