num_pages: 246
description: The third novel by this Canadian author is a coming-of-age story which balances grief and hope through the voice of a witty teenager.
language: English
title: A Complicated Kindness
titlecomplete: A Complicated Kindness
characters: Natasha "Tash" Dawn Nickel, Gertrude "Trudie" Dora Nickel, Hans "The Mouth" Rosenfeldt, Raymond "Ray" Nickel, Naomi "Nomi" Nickel, Lydia "Lids" Voth, Travis
genres: Fiction, Religion, Coming Of Age, Canadian Literature, Canada, Young Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 25437
places: Manitoba
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
category: Fiction Book, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: CBC Canada Reads, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
publisher: Knopf