Title: The Shipping news
Authouress: E. Annie Proulx
ISBN:1-85702-242-4
Pub: Fourth Estate, London

Review:

The Shipping News tells a tale of the hapless Quoyle. From his painfully failure filled childhood, his relentlessly aggressive family and towards a life stifled with boredom and lack of expectation.

Through a tragic accident and a chance encounter with an Aunt he had never really known; Quoyle finds himself heading back to his family routes. The very roots of his ancestral heritage. Where he meets more than he could have imagined.

The story line can be somewhat daunting to follow at times. But it is well worth the effort to explore the way's in which individuals can rediscover their inner possibilities. How life can take turns for the most unusual and surprising outcomes.

M J Flack