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100 1 _aProulx, E. Annie
245 1 4 _aThe Shipping News
_c/ E. Annie Proulx
250 _a1st edition
260 _aNew York
_b: Scribner
_c, c1993
300 _a337 p.
_c; 25 cm
520 _aWhen 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,
546 _aEnglish
586 _aWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award
650 4 _aFamily life
_v--Fiction
651 4 _aNewfoundland and Labrador
_v--Fiction
655 _aDomestic fiction
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