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.
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Review:
"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 very movingly, theirs is a true love story" (Sunday Times)
"The Giant's House is the work of a writer who is as singular and astute as the characters she creates... funny, ambitious and precise... a beautifully composed portrait of people struggling against themselves with the full force of their courage and desire" (Times Literary Supplement)
"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" (G2)
Book Description:
A beautiful, sometimes bewilderingly strange love story, showing that miracles can happen – even across a library circulation desk.
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0380730200
- ISBN 13 9780380730209
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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