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9. Apparently some readers are wedded to the idea of cliched ordinary people and can't see the humor,

Sat Dec 5, 2020, 11:52 PM

Dec 2020

and the truth embedded in it, of a writer like Proulx. I enjoyed every line in this novel, and it resonated with me like temple bell.

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Read half of "The Shipping News." Gave up. [View all] bif Sep 2020 OP

I hear ya. I usually give a book 50 pages bif Sep 2020 #2

I endorse your view. no_hypocrisy Sep 2020 #3

I liked murielm99 Sep 2020 #4

Shipping (yawn) news... Claire Oh Nette Sep 2020 #5

Agreed. Oldem Dec 2020 #8

Resonate is a good word. Oldem Dec 2020 #10

Ditto every word LearnedHand Dec 2020 #11

I'm with you on this birdographer Dec 2020 #7