{"product_id":"irma-voth-9781639734801","title":"Irma Voth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Toews is an artist of escape; she always finds a way for her characters, trapped by circumstance, to liberate themselves.\" -Alexandra Schwartz, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJorge said he wasn't coming back until I learned how to be a better wife . . . \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe life of nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, recently married and more recently deserted, is turned on its head when a film crew arrives to make a movie about the strict Mennonite community in which she and her family live. Against her family's wishes, Irma takes a job on set and glimpses the wider world and a path towards something that feels like freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639734801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d","brand":"Miriam Toews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280906584245,"sku":"9781639734801","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d14d6e1a-0b7d-48e2-a391-626f2265475b.jpg?v=1751469729","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/irma-voth-9781639734801","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}