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Book Review of The Shipping News

The Shipping News
The Shipping News
Author: Annie Proulx
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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When Quoyle's two timing wife meets her just deserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his ancenstral home on the beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters and family members all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclain his life. As Quoyle confronts his demons - and the unpredictable forces of nature and society - he begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery.

A vigorours, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family.