Nomi Nickel lives with her father Ray in East Village a small Mennonite townin Manitoba. She dreams of escaping to the big city but since her mother andsister l... » 

Nomi Nickel lives with her father Ray in East Village a small Mennonite townin Manitoba. She dreams of escaping to the big city but since her mother andsister left home its hard to imagine leaving her father behind. As she beginsto piece together the story behind her mothers disappearance she findsherself on a direct collision course with the towns minister. With fierceoriginality and brilliance Miriam Toews takes us straight to the centre ofNomis world and the complicated kindness at the heart of family life. «