{"product_id":"the-shipping-news-paperback","title":"The Shipping News - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Proulx\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Shipping News is a vigorous, darkly comic, at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family, and \"a rare creation, a lyric page-turner\" (Chicago Tribune).At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman is wrenched violently out of his world when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts. 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. The Shipping News \"is charged with sardonic wit--alive, funny, a little threatening: packed with brilliantly original images...and now and then, a sentence that simply takes your breath away\" (USA TODAY).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnie Proulx is the author of eleven books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Shipping News, Accordion Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBarkskins\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eClose Range\u003c\/i\u003e. Her many honors include a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e International Fiction Prize, a PEN\/Faulkner Award, and two O. Henry prizes. Her story \"Brokeback Mountain,\" which originally appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. She lives in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Book Sense Book of the Year Award (1995)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shipping News\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52555906613541,"sku":"9780671510053","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/tH8_mNIVsW9780671510053.webp?v=1781362137","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/the-shipping-news-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}