The Shipping News

ISBN-10
1857022106
ISBN-13
9781857022100
Series
The Shipping News
Category
Families
Pages
337
Language
English
Published
1993
Author
Edna Annie Proulx

Description

Een lelijke, onhandige man probeert na de dood van zijn vrouw met zijn twee dochters en een excentrieke tante een nieuw leven op te bouwen in Newfoundland, het land waar zijn grootouders vandaan komen.

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