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The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
The Shipping News is absolutely a book that can stand the test of time, and it also improves with each reading - or at least it did for me!
I loved how this book builds like a slow burn... layer by layer, unfurling the story for us. Her writing is so good, the conversations are so real, and the people - Quoyle - grow on you... and Proulx keeps building to the masterful ending.
And it may be that love sometimes occurs without pain or misery.
One would think that remaking your life writing the shipping news would not be a step up, but for Quoyle, it is the place where his life begins. I had originally ticked this book up to 4-stars from my original read of 3-stars, but Quoyle and Wavey have been echoing in my thoughts since I finished the book and they are absolutely worthy of 5-stars!
I highly recommend this brilliant story!
I loved how this book builds like a slow burn... layer by layer, unfurling the story for us. Her writing is so good, the conversations are so real, and the people - Quoyle - grow on you... and Proulx keeps building to the masterful ending.
And it may be that love sometimes occurs without pain or misery.
One would think that remaking your life writing the shipping news would not be a step up, but for Quoyle, it is the place where his life begins. I had originally ticked this book up to 4-stars from my original read of 3-stars, but Quoyle and Wavey have been echoing in my thoughts since I finished the book and they are absolutely worthy of 5-stars!
I highly recommend this brilliant story!