Miriam Toews

A Complicated Kindness is a novel by Canadian author Miriam Toews, originally published in 2004 by Knopf Canada. It won the Governor General's Award for English Fiction and the CBA Libris Fiction Award, and was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. In 2006, it was championed by singer-songwriter John K. Samson …

"A wry, scary, heartfelt ode to the traverses we have to make in life." ––Elle From the beloved and award-winning author of All My Puny Sorrows and A Complicated Kindness comes this reissue of Miriam Toews' witty and colorful family portrait. Meet the Troutmans. When Hattie's moody boyfriend dumps her in Paris, she …

"A comic take on what initially appears a most improbable topic for humour." ––The Globe and Mail By the author of All My Puny Sorrows, readers are welcomed to Have-a-Life welfare housing project (better known as Half-a-Life.) The welfare regulations are endless and the rat-fink neighbors won't mind their own …

A New York Times 2015 Holiday Gift Guide selection.Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda's is an enviable life (she's a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married) and Yolandi's a mess (she's divorced and broke, with two teenagers growing up too quickly), they are fiercely …

'I doubt I'll read a better novel.' Big Issue'Go Grandma Elvira!' Margaret Atwood 'Wickedly funny and fearlessly honest.' The New Yorker 'Glorious.' Sarah Moss 'A love letter to our brave and brilliant matriarchs.' Glamour'Miriam Toews is a genius.' R. O. Kwon 'As compelling and hilarious and indecently sad as life …