description: "Bold, tender and intelligent." PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY "A careful balance between hilarity and heartbreak that most readers will find unforgettable." BOOKLIST Nomi Nickel lives with her father, Ray, in East Village, a small Mennonite town in Manitoba. She dreams of escaping from a life governed by the strict rules of her faith; no dancing, make-up, temperate climates or staying up past nine o'clock. But since her mother and sister left home, it's hard to imagine leaving her father behind. As Nomi gets to the bottom of her mother's and sister's disappearances, she finds herself on a direct collision course with her uncle and the only community she has ever known. With fierce originality and brilliance, Miriam Toews takes us straight to the centre of Nomi's world and the complicated kindness at the heart of family life.
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: Isis Large Print