Readers’ questions about If You Want to Make God Laugh. 3 questions answered. by Bianca Marais (Goodreads Author) Reader QA. To ask other readers questions about If You Want to Make God Laugh, please sign up. Answered Questions (3) I was really intrigued by the dedication. Any ideas about the identity of "Poodle" or the meaning of the. "Told with meticulous detail and compassion, If You Want to Make God Laugh is a portrait of a country in transition--and of three women at their own crossroads. Bianca Marais shines light on the injustices and barriers experienced by her characters without shying away from their complicated humanity.". Bianca Marais is the author of the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh. She teaches at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies. where she was awarded an. Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in She runs the Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices Initiative.
We all need the deep refuge of Bianca Marais's exceptional voice." - Robin Oliveira, author of My Name is Mary Sutter and I Always Loved You This information about If You Want to Make God Laugh shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly "Publishing This Week" newsletter. Bianca Hi there Barbara, I hope you won't mind me answering this one personally. My nickname for my husband is 'Poodle' - I got it from Karen Walker in Will more Hi there Barbara, I hope you won't mind me answering this one personally. My nickname for my husband is 'Poodle' - I got it from Karen Walker in Will Grace who calls Jack 'Poodle'. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH. Three South African women entwine their lives as each fights to be a mother in this novel by a white South African living in Toronto. The story, centered on two well-to-do Afrikaner sisters tended by an impoverished black teenager, shares elements with The Help. Marais, as she demonstrated in her first book, Hum.
Unanswered Questions (1) [I read "Hum If You Don't Know the Words" and thought that Beauty found her daughter near the end of the book. At least, we knew the daughter was okay. There was a hint that Beauty, Robin and Beauty's daughter lived an intertwined life in the future. If You Want God to Laugh is one of the most memorable books I have read in a long time. The setting is South Africa in the late ’s. The author superbly weaves together the stories of three women and their families in this story of poverty, inequality, injustice, deceit, sexual abuse, the Catholic Church, and human weakness and strength; all amidst the life saving power of love. "Told with meticulous detail and compassion, If You Want to Make God Laugh is a portrait of a country in transition--and of three women at their own crossroads. Bianca Marais shines light on the injustices and barriers experienced by her characters without shying away from their complicated humanity.".
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