Based on a true story, the story of a scandal in a religious community in Bolivia, which became the basis of a Hollywood film.

One evening, eight Mennonite women gather in a barn for a secret meeting. Over the course of two years, they and a hundred other girls in Demons appeared to their colonies at night to punish their sins. But when it turns out that the bruises, abrasions and traces of violence are the work not of satanic forces, but of living men from their own community, women are faced with a choice: stay to live in a world outside of which they know nothing, or run away to save themselves. and their daughters?

“This is a completely new prose, not like the novels familiar to the reader, not like the novels about violence and not like the novels we know about violence against women. The plot is based on real events: mass rapes suffered by women in the Manitoba Mennonite colony in Bolivia from 2004 to 2009. But to talk about them, Toews resorts to completely unexpected techniques. The narrative is narrated not by a woman, but by a man; the narration is narrated by a man who did not take part in the attacks; the narration is narrated by a man who was asked to do so by the victims of violence themselves. The narration narrated by a man shows how abused women refuse to play the role of victims - on the contrary, they are strong, they are able to bend the situation to their will and are able to save and forgive those who need their help." – Olga Breininger, translator, writer