The Little Giant of Aberdeen County, (Paperback)

from ThoughtsofJoyLibrary

Truly, the little giant of Aberdeen, struggles through life due to an overactive pituitary gland, which causes her to grow continually. Throughout childhood she suffered, not only because of her medical problem, but because both of her parents died leaving her and her sister as orphans. Truly get...

from smilingsally

I enjoyed reading this book; it's well written. The story moves at a reasonable pace, and the characters are unique. There's Truly, the giant, who grows up believing that she killed her mother (who died while birthing her), and believing that she is unworthy of any kindness. Her best friend is Am...

from bremmd

You've got to love a great book title. I sometimes wonder if books we (or at least I) think of as iconic where thought to have great titles when the first came out. Did people think "To Kill a Mockingbird" was a great title in 1960 or was it just another title until they found out how great the b...

from Justjenniferreading

There was so much about this one that I loved. The writing was beautiful, the characters were very well developed, and the story was captivating. I had actually been eying this one for a while and never got around to it. But I'm glad that I was finally given the chance to read it. There's so many...

from mckait

This book sounded like a good but fluffy read. I was surprised to find out that it was nuch more than that. The characters were rounded out and realistic. Truly is the central character, and I have to admit that it was due to her that I nearly stopped reading at page fifty. Truly was born big. He...