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The Giant's House
Elizabeth McCracken
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Description for The Giant's House
Paperback. Set in a small town on Cape Cod in 1950, this tells of the relationship between Peggy Cort, a 28-year-old librarian, and James Carlson Sweatt, an "over-tall" 11-year-old. They are odd candidates for friendship, but they still find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
‘Every so often a novel comes along which transcends whimsy with the beauty of its writing. Elizabeth McCracken's small masterpiece is one of these' Guardian
A powerful and unique story about connection, showing that miracles can happen – even across a library circulation desk.
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-eight year old librarian Peggy Cort feels as if love and life have stood her up. That is, until the day James Carlson Sweatt – the 'over-tall' eleven year old boy who's the talk of the town – walks into her library ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099739913
SKU
V9780099739913
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-21
About Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth McCracken is the author of five books. She has received grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and she was chosen as one of Granta’s 20 Best American Writers Under 40. She has served on the faculty at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and currently holds the James Michener Chair for Fiction at ... Read more
Reviews for The Giant's House
The most original and enchanting romance I have read in a long time
Erica Wagner
The Times
McCracken avoids the temptations of easy humour and writes with great pathos and delicacy about the complexities of love
Observer
The lucid, compelling prose convinces us that this mismatched pair do become a real couple: improbably, disturbingly, and ... Read more
Erica Wagner
The Times
McCracken avoids the temptations of easy humour and writes with great pathos and delicacy about the complexities of love
Observer
The lucid, compelling prose convinces us that this mismatched pair do become a real couple: improbably, disturbingly, and ... Read more