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The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

2.0

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Quoyle has no self-confidence and a wife, Petal, who openly cheats on him. She is killed in a car wreck. His parents also die. His aunt shows up and talks him into moving himself and his two girls back to Newfoundland, where the family originated. He gets a job at the local paper and discovers his family history--most of it sinister. But he does prosper at the end, running the paper and finding new love.

Movie more or less follows the book, but there are some significant discrepancies.