A Complicated Kindness (2004) is the third novel by Canadian author Miriam Toews. The novel won the Governor General's Award for English Fiction, the CBA Libris Fiction Award, and CBC's Canada Reads.
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The Question and Answer section for A Complicated Kindness is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
This is only a short answer space. Black dresses are a symbol of the burden of life. “One afternoon” when Nomi was standing in her grandma’s sugar-beet field she noticed “two black dresses, the ugly Fortrel kind that many old women” in their town...
Language and word choice represent freedom and rebellion for Nomi. Using certain words help her emotionally distance herself from the conservative Mennonite community.
This is only a short answer space. In general, Nomi has a wish that one day her family will get back together one day and they will live in New York City.
