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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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A Story about a man, Quoyle, who is down on his luck and finds some relief in Newfoundland. The book starts with his horrible life and shows him going through a transformation from someone who lets life put him down to someone who can rise up and get back onto the horse. He becomes a newspaper columnist who writes about the very thing that killed his wife, car accidents. In doing this he learns that he is not alone in his struggles.