The Shipping News
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his 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 all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As three generations of his family cobble up new lives, Quoyle confronts his private demons--and the unpredictable forces of nature and society--and begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery.
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- Oxford University Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780198901464
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Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for FictionWonMajor(1994)
- National Book Award for FictionWonMajor(1993)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1993)
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- Postcards (1915)1 win · 12 score
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