Picked up at the Wildlife Thrift Store, for a bookclub read.

The more I think about this book, the more I love it. Therefore, I bumped it up to five stars. I could probably write an entire paragraph on each of the characters alone analyzing all their quirks. But I won't, because then that would turn into an essay and I finished university years ago.
Quoyle: So, so flawed and human, he goes through a rather subtle and moving transformation into someone with confidence, someone who will raise two daughters on his own, who discovers he has his own talents and it not defined by his former wife.
Aunt: Absolutely delightful. I loved the very small, gradual reveals throughout the story that give more insight to her character, yet still leaving bits up to the imagination of the reader to fill in the blanks.
Bunny and Sunshine: So cute! They're just children, yet they have as much depth and mystery as any of the adult characters.

I admit it took some time for me to wrap my head around Proulx's writing style. Ordinarily I cannot stand reading sentence fragments, yet somehow Proulx makes it work, and I am somewhat in awe of her. I loved all her descriptions of the landscape. One in particular struck me to the point that I had to read it aloud to my husband: "The bay crawled with whitecaps like maggots seething in a broad wound." Such a perfect sentence to set the mood of the chapter.
One aspect of the book turned me off my desire to visit Newfoundland: the descriptions of the food! I really hope there is more to Newfoundland cuisine than squid burgers and fried baloney!

In the mail, on its way to LovesOU as a choice from the VBB. Enjoy!

Hooray! I've been looking forward to this book. Thank you for sending this to me cherryj.

released to debbie4osu

Going into the Paperback Surprise Bookbox started by Meekachu07

Taken from Meekachu07's Surprise Paperback Bookring.