Read With Us: It's a New Book!

Today's the day we announce a new Read With Us book for winter! You might already be aware of this if you attended the last Zoom discussion for The Marriage Portrait, but now everyone will know. Would you like to read a classic book that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1993 and the National Book Award for fiction in 1994? It is set in Newfoundland and Labrador and the author writes with a strong sense of place. Her characters are memorable, the language engaging, and I found the book to be thought-provoking. 

I'm happy to say that we're going to be reading The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. Many of you may have read this at some point, but I think it's a book that stands up well to a re-reading, and I very much look forward to discussing this book with all of you. 

As the book was first published 30 years ago, it should be readily available from most libraries without a long hold list, and the Kindle and paperback versions are available from Amazon for $12.99 and $11.99 respectively. If you're lucky enough to have a local independent bookstore, I'm sure you'll be able to find a copy there. Edited to add: Kat commented that she found the book available on Hoopla, so if you have access through your library, it should be available any time without a wait!

Kym, Carole, and I will be talking about the book, giving additional information, and doing promotional posts throughout January and February. Discussion day for The Shipping News is scheduled for Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 7:00 pm Eastern time, so mark your calendars. We'll ask questions on our blogs that day and then host the always fun, educational, and entertaining Zoom discussion.

“We face up to awful things because we can't go around them, or forget them. The sooner you say 'Yes, it happened, and there's nothing I can do about it,' the sooner you can get on with your own life. You've got children to bring up. So you've got to get over it. What we have to get over, somehow we do. Even the worst things.”

I hope you'll Read With Us and find out if Quoyle and the rest of the characters in The Shipping News can get over the worst things.