Fight Night
By Miriam Toews
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Fight Night (2021) is a novel by Canadian writer Miriam Toews narrated by Swiv, a nine-year-old girl in Toronto. Suspended from school, Swiv stays home with her pregnant mother, an actor, and her grandmother, Elvira, who is frail but defiant. Her grandmother asks her to write letters to her absent father, and as Swiv records their days together, she learns about her family's past in a Mennonite community and about living fully.