The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

Name: The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Tiffany Baker
ISBN: 9781433246982

Author: Tiffany Baker

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 12 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/08/2009

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Truly Plaice, an overly large and ungainly girl, is the polar opposite of her sister, Serena Jane, the epitome of feminine perfection. With their parents dead, Truly and Serena Jane are separated: Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation. There, while Serena Janes beauty proves to be her biggest curse, Truly finds her callingthe ability to heal illness with herbs and naturopathic techniquesand, in reckoning with her demons, the possibility of love in unexpected places.

About Tiffany Baker

Tiffany Baker is the author of The Gilly Salt Sisters and The Little Giant of Aberdeen County, which was a New York Times and San
Francisco Chronicle bestseller. She holds an MFA in creative writing and a
PhD in Victorian literature from University of California, Irvine. She lives in
the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Corinne

This is the first novel I've read whose protagonist is, actually, a giant, and not in the fairy tale way. Truly Plaice (LOVE the name) is born huge and grows even more huge. Her early years are taut and miserable, living with an alcoholic father in a tiny town where being anything extreme is discour......more

Goodreads review by Heather

My favorite thing about this book is the cover. Beyond that, it is a strange story with what appear to be (even after I read the epilogue) giant holes in the storyline (pun intended). This is Tiffany Baker's first novel and it seemed as though she had too many ideas for one book and didn't end up ty......more

Goodreads review by Karen

Loved this book......more