description: Surprising transformations take place when a newspaperman's elderly aunt and two daughters decide to move back to their family home on the coast of Newfoundland
language: English
title: The Shipping News
titlecomplete: The Shipping News
characters: Agnis Hamm, Tert Card, Sunshine, B. Beaufield Nutbeem, Petal Bear, Jack Buggit, Billy Pretty, Wavey Prowse, Dennis Buggit, Beety Buggit, Bunny, Quoyle
genres: Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Canada, Contemporary
ratings_count: 143705
places: Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Irish Times International Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Demco Media