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Such highs and lows! So heartbreaking, so hilarious. Quite the balancing act. But I'm very glad that Toews accomplishes humor so well here, otherwise this book might have broken me (and probably many other readers!) I'm doing that thing that I usually do if a book is at ALL true to a writer's life -- and Yoli here, if she is the fictional stand-in of Miriam Toews - ah, what a great character, so I'm immediately more a fan of Toews if she is at all like the screwup/badass Yoli. But every character is a great one in this book. Can sisters really be this amazing to one another? To even be able to write this book if it is close to your own life, and do it so well, is an accomplishment. It's also interesting that Toews' new book 'Fight Night' has a character named Swiv which is a nickname of Yoli... wish I had a copy now to read and see the connection. I will be reading more from Toews and I'm glad I finally had a visit with this one.