by Miriam Toews (Author)
Knute is a twenty-four-year-old single mother who returns home to Algren with her daughter to look after her father Tom, who has suffered a heart attack. Meanwhile, Hosea Funk, a friend of Tom's and the mayor of Algren has a lot on his mind. The prime minister has promised to pay a visit to whichever town in Canada has the smallest population. Algren has held this position for some time but recent baby booms and returning families, like Knute, threaten to tip Algren over the magic 1500...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 05 Jun 2008
ISBN 10: 0571229492
ISBN 13: 9780571229499
Book Overview: A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toews is a wonderfully warm, witty and wise novel of small-town dreams and eccentric families from the award-winning author of A Complicated Kindness.