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~ Winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize - 2008
After being dumped in Paris by her boyfriend Marc, Hattie hears her sister Min has been checked into a psychiatric hospital, and flies back to Winnipeg to take care of her niece and nephew. Setting out on a road trip in search of the children's long-lost father their wayward journey might seem like an escape from crisis into chaos, but it is also a chance for an accidental family to accept, understand or at least find their way through overwhelming times . . .
A completely captivating novel that interweaves memories and scenes from the past with the adventures of engaging and full of life characters in the present, The Flying Troutmans is a uniquely affecting novel full of richly skewed and funny detail.
"The premise of The Flying Troutmans is sad, yet its execution is filled to the brim with hilarity and joy." -- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Jury