The shipping news
(Book - Large Print)
Author
Published
Hingham, Mass. : Wheeler, [1993].
Format
Book - Large Print
ISBN
1568950691, 9781568950693
Physical Desc
443 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
730L
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Published
Hingham, Mass. : Wheeler, [1993].
Language
English
ISBN
1568950691, 9781568950693
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 4.8, 16 Points
Level 4.8, 16 Points
Lexile measure
730
Notes
Description
Proulx has followed Postcards , her story of a family and their farm, with an extraordinary second novel of another family and the sea. The fulcrum is Quoyle, a patient, self-deprecating, oversized hack writer who, following the deaths of nasty parents and a succubus of a wife, moves with his two daughters and straight-thinking aunt back to the ancestral manse in Killick-Claw, a Newfoundland harbor town of no great distinction. There, Quoyle finds a job writing about car crashes and the shipping news for The Gammy Bird , a local paper kept afloat largely by reports of sexual abuse cases and comical typographical errors. Killick-Claw may not be perfect, but it is a stable enough community for Quoyle and Co. to recover from the terrors of their past lives.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Proulx, A. (1993). The shipping news . Wheeler.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Proulx, Annie. 1993. The Shipping News. Wheeler.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Proulx, Annie. The Shipping News Wheeler, 1993.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Proulx, Annie. The Shipping News Wheeler, 1993.
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