Shipping News
~ Annie Proulx
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martini
~ 67-year-old woman in New York, NY
Shipping News
“A story of familial ties and overcoming perceived insecurities and inadequacies of one's character. Also, a vivid insight to...”
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“The trials and tribulations of a wife and mother who finally goes on to find a life of her own. Also hilarious in some parts. ...”
LeftOfSouth
~ 44-year-old man in Kingsport, TN
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“Full of language that is so tricky, weird, and specific that you feel like she has written this out of whole cloth, imitating and...”
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“How to describe this book? I'm tempted to say it's dreamlike, but what we imagine that word means is not what I'm getting at...”
iluvbuks
~ 56-year-old man in Maple Ridge, Canada
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“Sheer joy and good humour in every chapter with a dark side that every canadian landscape novel requires.”
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Oct 1, 2010, 2:18 AM
Lily, a 63-year-old woman in Brampton
““I loved that the main characters, who had been so badly hurt, gradually learned to trust each other. I loved the understanding the protagonist's search for family truth, regardless of how difficult it might be to deal with, is also a necessary part of the healing process. A deceptively simple story about betrayal and loss which illuminates , at the end, with the promise of hope for the future and love which overcomes evil.”
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Apr 7, 2011, 12:10 PM
DavidRP, a 46-year-old man in Providence
“Excellent choice. I've tried a few other books by this author and couldn't get too far into them, and can't explain why I liked this one so much. Except for the head in the suitcase, nothing really happens... externally. A very nice book, so well written... it doesn't jolt your soul to a new place but... perhaps slides it there gently.”
Aug 26, 2010, 11:22 AM
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Lily, a 63-year-old woman in Brampton
“You have not stated why you like The Shipping News. it is one of my favourites also...the one I recommended to my book club(we meet monthly.) What intrigues me is that the main character is so abused as a child that he does not expect to be well treated as an adult(hence is is a hellish relationship) but that he gradually heals...as does his new partner. Also, the search for his roots is transforming.”