by Miriam Toews
Pages: 253
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
In this coming-of-age novel the author balances grief and hope in the witty voice of a teen whose family is falling apart.
Nomi tells the story of how her father and she spend their days together trying to piece together a life after her mother leaves them. To add to her and her father's sadness her older sister, then disappears. Has she left home or has something happened to her. Nomi and her father live in a small rural town founded by Mennonites on the cold, flat plains of Manitoba, Canada.
With dark humor, Nomi tries to make sense of her life as a 16-year-old taking care of her adult father while the rest of the community blame them for their own sadness. Despite everything, Nomi loves her family, all of them and tries to decide if she should stay or leave this oppressive town and if she leaves should she take dad with her?
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