The opening line prepares the plot for the entire book. Who was she? Sriveni, who was once, recognized by her beautifully thick black plait, who was a helping hand to her midwife grandma, a distant companion to her twin brothers and a sensitive child who could connect with nature to her father.
Women Talking, the Sarah Polley film based on the novel of the same name by Miriam Toews, is a movie about the consequences of sexual assault while not depicting a single assault scene. That should be the industry standard.