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| The Giant's House: A Romance | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Mccracken
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Category: Book
List Price: $13.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  78 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.1
ISBN: 0385340893
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385340892
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Loved it! August 11, 2008
I fell in love with the characters; you will, too. Touching love story. Highly recommended! I couldn't put this book down!
Classic Tale of Love and Romance in a Small Town! December 9, 2007
I have to say that author Elizabeth McCracken has written a classic novel about a small town between Peggy Cort, a single librarian, and a young man, James, who is literally a giant. The story takes place decades ago where a relationship between Peggy and James bond over a love of books. Their relationship evolves from a friendship into a romance. McCracken writes clearly and precisely. The writing is not too difficult to understand. It's written in the first person from Peggy's point of view. There are other characters like Mrs. Sweatt, James' mother, and other characters. It was nominated for a National Book Award in fiction when it first came out in 1997. The book has an Oprah appeal to it too.
 What a waste of time... November 10, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read this book and truly was shaking my head through most of it. If this is getting published then I am speechless. After reading the positive comments here I can say that the people who liked it and actually called it a romance probably liked it because they like the National Enquirer also. The author's "hook" is using a freakish person as bait to draw you in to see what happens between these two characters. People keep reading thinking of that odd love affair that they will witness. This isn't a "love story" or a "beautiful story of a man and a woman." It is an author's attempt to sell a book by presenting the promise of something bizarre and tittilating. The characters are not developed, the whole premise is just the main character one day seeing the tall boy and, what, she suddenly loves him? He is 11? And she is 25? And she wangles herself into his life and his family and they just accept her as one of them? What kind of story is this? It is beyond odd. It is pure nothing. I read the whole thing because I always read books all the way through. But otherwise, I would have tossed it out on garbage day unfinished. And the ending? Baloney. This author is on the wrong track.
Wonderful! September 13, 2007
I read this book years ago, and have never gotten it out of my head. Simply marvelous. One of my favourites ever.
Outstanding September 5, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Giant's House is a biography of James Carlson Sweatt, a young man afflicted with giantism. Six feet tall at the age of eleven, James reaches a height of eight feet seven inches before he passes away. James' biographer is Peggy Cort, a librarian, who, until she meets James, is in danger of living a life of loneliness and quiet desperation. Peggy tells the tale of James'short life, chronicling the many triumphs and heartbreaks. She also describes the bond between her and the gentle giant, an attachment which grows into a deep, abiding love.
Reminiscent of the best of Ray Bradbury, and of Katherine Dunn's Geek Love, The Giant's House is an outstanding achievement. McCracken has a keen eye for descriptive detail, especially small town life. It's probably not for everyone, but if you value good writing, give it a try.
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