false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172078585m/136216.jpg 136216 8 An unlikely love story about a lonely spinster librarian and a younger man, forced into loneliness because of his monstrous size. Peggy Cort, the reclusive librarian in a small Cape Cod town falls for a boy 14 years her junior -- one who grows to be 8 feet 7 inches and 415 pounds. Though initially attracted out of sympathy, Peggy soon finds she has much in common with this sensitive, albeit enormous man. A romance ensues, but the unique connectedness they share -- something neither has ever felt before -- is cruelly interrupted by tragedy. 374973 book 1996 The Giant's House total:1357|5:292|4:518|3:393|2:118|1:36| 1357 4983 1805 230 5 2 false false Sun May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 10:22:52 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 18:44:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Mar 12 10:51:21 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 13:52:15 -0700 2008
A young librarian's sympathy for an 11-year-old boy with giantism turns into an earnest love. At the heart of the story is the concept that we each have our afflictions---some mo...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Oct 06 21:40:10 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 21:46:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 17:03:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 17:04:39 -0700 2009 The Giant’s House ages ago, I just got around to reading it this past weekend. I’m so glad I did. Elizabeth McCraken excels at rich character development and sentences so beautifully constructed that I read them over and over. Though the cover calls the book a ro...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 10:15:40 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 19:26:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 4 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 31 19:31:30 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 15 06:59:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 09:42:35 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 12:02:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 08:38:20 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 09:25:59 -0700 2009
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The book was pretty slow for the first half - almost 100 pag...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jun 26 07:42:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 07:45:21 -0700 2007 1 1 false false Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Jun 14 18:45:04 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 18:47:38 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 12:47:08 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 15:23:35 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 20:27:13 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 13:41:51 -0700 2009
The Giant's House is unlikely to be such a book. It's q...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 21:56:35 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 17:35:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 14:57:20 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 05:11:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 08:38:28 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 08:42:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 10 08:53:28 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 08:53:28 -0800 2007
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