![]() The story, basically a stream of consciousness, a digressive monologue by Nomi, has been compared to Catcher In The Rye, with Nomi as a female Holden Caulfield. And even that doesn’t seem very rewarding. ![]() She has a boyfriend, Travis, but they don’t connect much except physically. There is supposed to be no makeup, tattooing, sex, dancing, smoking, drugs, or rock-and-roll, although these taboos don’t stop Nomi. Nomi doesn’t have much to look forward to except a job at a chicken slaughtering farm, and feels trapped as well by the ultraconservative religious strictures of her life. Her mother and older sister both are missing (we don’t find out why until the end), and now she lives only with her somewhat disconnected dad Ray. ![]() ![]() Nomi Nickel is a rebellious 16-year-old in a small Mennonite community in Manitoba, Canada. ![]()
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