Lulie F. reviewed on 11/1/2006 + 133 more book reviews

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Annie Proulx, a Pulitzer Prize winner, pulls the reader into the unusual life of Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, as he tries to move his family back to his ancestral home in Newfoundland. At times the story is charged with wit and humor of typical Newfoundland conversation, while at other times, the hard life of those who try to make a living on the rocky, often foggy, coast seems to wrap around us and pull us through with Quoyle. The Shipping News is different from any other book I have read, but I really did enjoy it!

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