A Complicated Kindness.A Complicated Kindness A Complicated Kindness is a novel by Canadian author Miriam Toews. Originally published in 2004 by Knopf Canada, it was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English Fiction, and was nominated for the Giller Prize. Miriam Toews Miriam Toews (pronounced tâves), (born 1964 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian writer of Mennonite descent. She grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba and has lived in Montreal and London, before settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. BTC BTC Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (crude oil pipeline) BTC Belgische Technische Coöperatie (Dutch: Belgian Technical Cooperation) BTC Berlinale Talent Campus BTC Business Travel Coalition Audio Books c/o Goose Lane Editions 469 King Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B 1E5 0864923279 $24.95 1-888-926-8377 www.gooselane.com Driving aimlessly aim·less adj. Devoid of direction or purpose. aim  less·ly adv.aim around the countryside with her pot-smoking boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel rages against her runaway mother deserting her, the imposition of English assignments by her teacher, and fate in general. Brilliantly narrated by Cara Pifko, technically flawless production values, and a strongly recommended addition to community library audiobook collections, A Complicated Kindness is Miriam Toews' deftly written novel about a teenage girl going AWOL in Mennonite Country which is now available in a 3-disc CD format with a total running time of four hours. |
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