The Shipping News
By: Annie Proulx
Edition: 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed (1); Movie tie-in
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780743225427
Copyright date: 2001 (from back cover)
Subjects: Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just deserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters and family members all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As Quoyle confronts his private demons -- and the unpredictable forces of nature and society -- he begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery.

A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family, "The Shipping News" shows why Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.

(back cover)