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'The story is told in the cool precise voice of spinster librarian Peggy Cort, whose life is transformed the day that an exceptionally tall 11-year-old walks into the library. As the years pass and he grows to over eight feet, Peggy invests her life, love and energy in this sad boy who faces life as a freak. 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
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Giant's House is a modern classic - a firm in-house favourite at Vintage - reissued to coincide with Elizabeth McCracken's new novel, Bowlaway'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' GuardianA 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 and changes her life for ever.Two misfits whose lonely paths cross at the circulation desk, Peggy and James are odd candidates for friendship. In James, Peggy discovers the one person who's ever really understood her, and as he grows - six foot five at age twelve, then seven foot, then eight - so does their most singular romance.*Perfect for readers who loved Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine* 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780099739913
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Description du livre Paperback / softback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. In James, Peggy discovers the one person who's ever really understood her, and as he grows - six foot five at age twelve, then seven foot, then eight - so does her heart and their most singular romance. N° de réf. du vendeur B9780099739913
Description du livre Etat : New. 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. . 1997. First Edition. Paperback. . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9780099739913
Description du livre Etat : New. 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. . 1997. First Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9780099739913
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