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01799aam a2200325 a 4500 001 2787B3A83CEE11E1A83EE1ED6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120112010427 008 100417s2008 onc e f eng d 020 $a 1582435316 020 $a 9781582435312 040 $d SILO $d SILO 082 04 $a FIC 100 1 $a Toews, Miriam, $d 1964- 245 1 $a The flying Troutmans / $c Miriam Toews. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Toronto, Ont. : $b Alfred A. Knopf Canada, $c c2008. 300 $a 275 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a A road novel helped along by a lovably nutty cast, the story follows a ragtag crew as they crisscross America. Hattie, recently dumped in Paris by her moody, adjective-hating boyfriend, returns home to Canada after receiving an emergency phone call from her niece. Turns out, Hattie's sister, Min, is back in the psych ward, and her kids, 11-year-old Thebes and 15-year-old Logan, are fending for themselves. Thus the quirky trio -- purple-haired, wise-beyond-her-years Thebes, recently expelled brother Logan and overwhelmed Hattie -- embark on a road trip to the States to find the kids' long-missing father. What follows is a quest in which the characters learn about themselves and each other as they weather car repairs, sleazy motel rooms and encounters with bizarre people. 650 0 $a Aunts $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nephews $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nieces $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Children of parents with mental disabilities $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Problem families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mental illness $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Maternal deprivation $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Quests (Expeditions) $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l NOPA983 $d 20180706041344.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2787B3A83CEE11E1A83EE1ED6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search