{"product_id":"book-abs5","title":"Shipping News","description":"At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife gets 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.\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, \u003ci\u003eThe Shipping News\u003c\/i\u003e shows why Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348129194288,"sku":"BDabs5","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/93663-abs5-Square.jpg?v=1734212633","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-abs5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}