description: Knute is a twenty-four-year-old single mother who returns home to Algren with her daughter to look after her father Tom, who has suffered a heart attack. Meanwhile, Hosea Funk, a friend of Tom's and the mayor of Algren has a lot on his mind. The prime minister has promised to pay a visit to whichever town in Canada has the smallest population. Algren has held this position for some time but recent baby booms and returning families, like Knute, threaten to tip Algren over the magic 1500 . . .
language: English
title: A Boy of Good Breeding
titlecomplete: A Boy of Good Breeding
genres: Womens, Canada, Family, Adult, Novels, Literary Fiction, Humor, Canadian Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 2089
places: Manitoba
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
publisher: Faber & Faber