Book
A complicated kindness : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780676978568 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780676976120 (hc.)
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Physical Description:
246 p. ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2004.
Content descriptions
| Awards Note: | Winner of the CLA Young Adult Book Award, 2005. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, 2004. Winner of the Canada Reads Competition, (April 2006). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Manitoba -- Fiction Mennonites -- Fiction Missing persons -- Fiction Families -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Canadian fiction. Psychological fiction. Canadian Library Association Young Adult Canadian Book Award. |
Available copies
- 23 of 25 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | Toew (Text) | 33294001364272 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
A portrayal of a stifling Mennonite town -- a novel that is at once brilliant, hilarious, and revelatory. Left alone with her father, Nomi spends her time piecing together the reasons her sister Natasha and mother Trudie have gone missing and trying to figure out what she can do to avoid a career at Happy Family Farms, a chicken abattoir on the outskirts of East Village -- not the neighbourhood in Manhattan where Nomi most wants to live but a small Mennonite town in southern Manitoba. East Village is ministered by Nomi's Uncle Hans, or as Nomi calls him, The Mouth. A fiercely pious and religious man, The Mouth has found both Trudie and Natasha wanting and has orchestrated their shunning by the community.
