We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

A complicated kindness: a novel
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(0)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(2)
1 star
 
(0)
Published:
New York : Counterpoint, c2004.
Physical Desc:
246 pages ; 22 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Status:
Description
This “darkly funny and provocative” coming-of-age novel balances grief and hope in the voice of a witty teenage girl whose Canadian family is shattered by fundamentalist Christianity (O, The Oprah Magazine).
From the author of Women Talking—now an Academy Award-winning film starring Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, Frances McDormand, and Jessie Buckley
“Half of our family, the better–looking half, is missing,” Nomi Nickel tells us at the beginning of A Complicated Kindness. Left alone with her sad, peculiar father, her days are spent piecing together why her mother and sister have disappeared and contemplating her inevitable career at Happy Family Farms, a chicken slaughterhouse on the outskirts of East Village. Not the East Village in New York City where Nomi would prefer to live, but an oppressive town founded by Mennonites on the cold, flat plains of Manitoba, Canada.
This darkly funny novel is the world according to the unforgettable Nomi, a bewildered and wry sixteen–year–old trapped in a town governed by fundamentalist religion and in the shattered remains of a family it destroyed. In Nomi's droll, refreshing voice, we're told the story of an eccentric, loving family that falls apart as each member lands on a collision course with the only community any of them have ever known. A work of fierce humor and tragedy by a writer who has taken the American market by storm, this searing, tender, comic testament to family love will break your heart.
Also in This Series
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Central
FICTION Toews, M.
Due Apr 16, 2024
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Format:
Book
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781582433226 (pbk.) :, 1582433224 (pbk.) :, 1582433216 :
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.5, 12 Points
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Toews, M. (2004). A complicated kindness: a novel. New York, Counterpoint.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Toews, Miriam, 1964-. 2004. A Complicated Kindness: A Novel. New York, Counterpoint.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Toews, Miriam, 1964-, A Complicated Kindness: A Novel. New York, Counterpoint, 2004.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Toews, Miriam. A Complicated Kindness: A Novel. New York, Counterpoint, 2004.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
f5a4eed9-dcbf-0e82-5750-39b1c6c87caf
Go To GroupedWork

Record Information

Last Sierra Extract TimeMar 26, 2024 10:12:23 AM
Last File Modification TimeMar 26, 2024 10:15:00 AM
Last Grouped Work Modification TimeMar 28, 2024 02:11:39 AM

MARC Record

LEADER01123pam 2200361 a 4500
001ocm54959919 
003OCoLC
00520041018164804.0
008040409s2004    nyu           000 1 eng  
010 |a 2004007960
020 |a 9781582433226 (pbk.) :|c $ 13.95
020 |a 1582433224 (pbk.) :|c $ 13.95
020 |a 1582433216 :|c $23.00
040 |a DLC|c DLC|d YDX|d JRS
049 |a JRSA
05000|a PR9199.3.T6113|b C66 2004
08200|a 813/.54|2 22
1001 |a Toews, Miriam,|d 1964-
24512|a A complicated kindness :|b a novel /|c Miriam Toews.
260 |a New York :|b Counterpoint,|c c2004.
300 |a 246 p. ;|c 22 cm.
650 0|a Teenage girls|v Fiction.
650 0|a Fathers and daughters|v Fiction.
650 0|a Maternal deprivation|v Fiction.
650 0|a Problem families|v Fiction.
650 0|a Mennonites|v Fiction.
655 0|a Coming of age|v Fiction.
655 0|a Domestic fiction.
907 |a .b17124682
932 |a FICTION Toews, M.
945 |y .i45735086|i 33029055505234|l cenag|s -|k 04-16-24|u 54|x 4|w 2|v 29|t 0|z 10-29-04|o -
994 |a E0|b JRS
998 |e -|d a |f eng|a cen