Quoyle with regards to Petal, his wife, "There was a month … - Annie Proulx

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Quoyle with regards to Petal, his wife, "There was a month of fiery happiness. Then six kinked years of suffering...In another time, in another sex, she would have been Genghis Khan.

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Edna Annie Proulx (born August 22, 1935) is an American journalist and author, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Shipping News and her short story Brokeback Mountain.

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Native Name: Edna Annie Proulx

Alternative Names: E. Annie Proulx • E.A. Proulx • Edna Ann Proulx

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