the+flying+troutmans

Miriam Toews A road novel helped along by a lovably nutty cast, Toews's latest (after //A Complicated Kindness//) follows a ragtag crew as they crisscross America. Hattie, recently dumped in Paris by her moody, adjective-hating boyfriend, returns home to Canada after receiving an emergency phone call from her niece. Turns out, Hattie's sister, Min, is back in the psych ward, and her kids, 11-year-old Thebes and 15-year-old Logan, are fending for themselves. Thus the quirky trio—purple-haired, wise-beyond-her-years Thebes, recently expelled brother Logan and overwhelmed Hattie—embark on a road trip to the States to find the kids' long-missing father. What follows is a //Little Miss Sunshine//–like quest in which the characters learn about themselves and each other as they weather car repairs, sleazy motel rooms and encounters with bizarre people. Toews's gift for writing precocious children and the story's antic momentum redeem the familiar set-up, and if the ending feels a bit rushed, it's largely because it's tough to let Toews's characters go. //(Oct.)// Copyright © Reed
 * [[image:41x5HghiIAL._SL160_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-dp,TopRight,12,-18_SH30_OU15_AA115_.jpg width="168" height="177"]]//** The Flying Troutmans **//


 * AUTHOR**: Toews, Miriam


 * BIOGRAPHY**

Miriam Toews was born in Steinbach, Manitoba, in 1964 and currently lives in Winnipeg. Miriam has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba and a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of King's College. Aside from her personal writing, she has worked as a freelance journalist. She writes both fiction and non-fiction in the genres of novel, memoir, magazine, newspaper and radio.


 * AWARDS**

Winner, Governor General's Award for Fiction, //A Complicated Kindness//, 2005. Winner, Canadian Booksellers Association Fiction Book of the Year, //A Complicated Kindness//, 2005. Winner, McNally Robinson Book of the Year, //A Complicated Kindness//, 2004. Winner, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, //A Complicated Kindness//, 2004. Shortlisted, Giller Prize, //A Complicated Kindness//, 2004. Winner, Gold Medal for Humour, National Magazine Award, 1999. Winner, //Boy of Good Breeding//, McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, 1998. Shortlisted, //Summer of My Amazing Luck//, McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, 1996. Shortlisted, //Summer of My Amazing Luck//, Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, 1996. Winner, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer, 1996.


 * ADVICE TO NEW WRITERS**

//Write//.


 * BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLISHED BOOKS**

//A Complicated Kindness//. AA Knopf Canada; 0676976123 or 0676976131; 2004. Fiction. //Swing Low: A life//. A story about Toews' dad. Stoddart Publishing; 0-7737-3231-4; 2000. Memoir.

//A Boy of Good Breeding//. A story about the smallest town. Stoddart Publishing; 0-7737-5969-7; 1998. Fiction.

//Summer of My Amazing Luck//. A story about women and children and a few missing fathers. Turnstone Press; 0-88801-205-5; 1996. Fiction. || ||

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