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The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
This book is a slow burn. Magical prose, and description of life in Newfoundland. Quoyle’s two timing wife meets a tragic end and he knows he needs to start a new life. His aunt suggests they take his two small children and return to the family home in Newfoundland -a place on which he’s never set foot.
Is it possible for them to build a life that doesn’t involve pain or misery? We meet an unusual cast of characters that help Quoyle, his 2 daughters, and Aunt Agnis figure out life and set down roots. Rich, humorous, heartfelt. Proulx has a gift of engaging the reader and making us a part of their world.
I love this book . I marvelled at how she could weave a tale that tugged at my heartstrings ,made me laugh , gasp, and had me on the edge of my seat. Wondering what would happen next in this town and their lives.
Is it possible for them to build a life that doesn’t involve pain or misery? We meet an unusual cast of characters that help Quoyle, his 2 daughters, and Aunt Agnis figure out life and set down roots. Rich, humorous, heartfelt. Proulx has a gift of engaging the reader and making us a part of their world.
I love this book . I marvelled at how she could weave a tale that tugged at my heartstrings ,made me laugh , gasp, and had me on the edge of my seat. Wondering what would happen next in this town and their lives.