The Shipping News

After the disappearance of his estranged wife, Quoyle's fortunes begin to change when his long lost aunt convinces him and his daughter to move to their ancestral home in Newfoundland. There, a place where life is as rough as the weather and secrets are as vast as the ocean, Quoyle lands a job as a reporter for the local paper. Now, a past is emerging, a mystery is unfolding and life is awakening...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx.