The Shipping News
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Erin, LuluBunny, and revafisheye.
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Ten Taxis and Angela Brandt.
Book Details
Written by E. Annie Proulx.
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Editorial Review (from Amazon.com)
E. Annie Proulx focuses on a Newfoundland fishing town in a tale about a third-rate newspaperman and the women in his life -- his elderly aunt and two young daughters -- who decide to resettle in their ancestral seaside home. The transformation each of the character undergoes following move is profound. A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News enlightens readers to the powers of E. Annie Proulx's storytelling genius and her expert evocation of time and place. She is truly one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.
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Cindy thinks this book is Terrible.
This is above all else, the worst book I ever read in my entire life. It sounds like something I would like, set in a place I like, with interesting sounding characters I should care about. I didn't care about a single person in this book. I hated almost every minute of reading it. I have no idea why, really. It just bored me. Everytime I picked it up, I got this uneasy anxious feeling. I just hated it. If you've read it & liked it, please defend it!
Reading this was quite an accomplishment though! For the first time ever, I've actually read something I hated. Wow.
I might recommend this to people who are obsessed with boats & fishing?!