The Flying Troutmans

Paperback

Main Details

Title The Flying Troutmans
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Miriam Toews
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 177,Width 112
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571244959
Audience
General
Edition Open Market - Airside ed

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 1 October 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Meet the Troutmans. Hattie is living in Paris, city of romance, but has just been dumped by her boyfriend. Min, her sister back in Canada, is going through a particularly dark period. And Min's two kids, Logan and Thebes, are not talking and talking way too much, respectively. When Hattie receives a phone call from eleven-year-old Thebes, begging her to return to Canada, she arrives home to find Min on her way to a psychiatric ward, and becomes responsible for her niece and nephew. Realising that she is way out of her league, Hattie hatches a plan to find the kids' long-lost father. With only the most tenuous lead to go on, she piles Logan and Thebes into the family van, and they head south . . .

Author Biography

Miriam Toews grew up in a Mennonite community in Southern Manitoba. She now lives in Winnipeg with her family. Her previous novels include A Boy of Good Breeding and A Complicated Kindness.