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A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
29.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Nomi Nickel is a heartbreakingly bewildered and wry young woman trying to survive in a repressive Mennonite community. This funny and compassionate novel examines the ties that bind families and the forces that tear them apart. Shortlisted for the Canadian Giller Prize and Governor General
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Yolanda is conflicted. Her sister Elf has battled depression for her whole adult life, and is in a psychiatric ward under permanent observation after attempting suicide - again. Yolanda has always looked up to Elf as her talented and beautiful older sister. She loves her with a fierce passion and wants ...Show more
Fight Night by Miriam Toews
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Poignant, hilarious and deeply moving, Fight Night is a girl's love letter to the women raising her and a tribute to one family's fighting spirit. You are a small thing, and you must learn to fight. Swiv has taken her grandmother's advice too literally. Now she's at home, suspended from school. Mom is ...Show more
The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
35.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Miriam Toews's new novel explores what it means to be a family in the wake of adversity. Described as a genius at recording the everyday weirdness of young people (Washington Post), Toews creates memorable, quirky characters whose dialogue ripples with sharp insight ...Show more
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A profound, unsettling novel from the award-winning author of All My Puny Sorrows, soon to be a major film starring Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara and Ben Whishaw. 'Don't miss this one! This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real-life event, could be right out of The Handmaid's Tale ...Show more
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