The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

Paperback Published on: 28/05/2009
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Synopsis

"But this can't be right. You're a little giant!"

Truly Plaice - part behemoth, part witch, part Cinderella - is born larger than life into a small-minded town. Her birth rocks the pillars of tiny Aberdeen, New York, and breaks her family into smithereens.
She spends a painful childhood in the shadow of her older sister Serena's beauty, and is teased mercilessly for her enormous physique. But when Serena unexpectedly vanishes and leaves her son in Truly's care, Truly must become mistress of a house she did not choose and the unwilling victim of her brother-in-law, Dr. Robert Morgan. Once her childhood tormentor, he now subjects her to brutal criticism and cruel medical experiments that test her endurance past breaking point - but Truly may have more power than he realises...

Tiffany's Baker's debut is a rare and bewitching novel, with a heart as big as its heroine.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9780340919286
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm
  • Weight: 232g

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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
I was a bit unsure about this book to begin and did feel that the prologue gave away a little too much of the story line. However, once I got to Chapter O... READ MORE
Sandra Williamson
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
I absolutely loved this book and for a debut novel, I thought it was a wonderful read, one that I found very hard to put down. The Little Giant of Aberdee... READ MORE
Christine Finnigan
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
It was this books very pretty cover that first drew me to it. An antique floral design with an image of an old fashioned mannequin in its centre - gorgeou... READ MORE
Toni Abram
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Truly Plaice- what a poor sad creature! Born as her mother died, the locals were placing bets on her birth weight, but she exceeded them all. Due to a malf... READ MORE
Anne Watkinson
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
With the larger-than-life characters and plot of a tall tale, there's a lot to love about this book. There were lots of moments when Truly (the "little gia... READ MORE
Janet Rogers
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
This is an entrancing book and difficult to put down as it tells the life of Truly Plaice, a young child orphaned and rehomed but separated from her beauti... READ MORE
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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Fabulous new author
What a wonderful find! This book could teach the Orange Prize judges a thing or two! Beautifully written, serious yet full of humour and characters that ju... READ MORE
Anne Cater
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
From the beginning of this book you know two things about Truly Plaice. Firstly, she's had a hand in killing her brother-in-law, Dr Robert Morgan, but you ... READ MORE
Anja de Jager
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Although this sounds like it's going to be a terribly sorry tale, it is actually quite an uplifting story. The central character, Truly, is born with a fa... READ MORE
Stella Anderson
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. The characters are a colourful mix of 'misfits' and 'norms' in a small town setting. The 'misfits' are... READ MORE
Rebecca Hollinger
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Simply marvellous. For the first time in years, I was quite literally unable to put a book down - I stayed up until past two in the morning to finish readi... READ MORE
Natasha Mellins-Cohen
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
This is an enchanting, quirky story which the reviews on the cover have compared to the work of Alice Hoffman and John Irving (I agree).Truly doesn't have ... READ MORE
Denise Powell
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
If Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton were ever to write a book together, co-authored by Alice Hoffman (with maybe a little help from the young John Irving), I h... READ MORE
Helen Nash
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
This 'modern-day fairy-tale' about a human giant called Truly's life in small-town America is touching and engaging. We follow Truly from birth as she grow... READ MORE
Helen Cleaves
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County is the story of Truly Plaice, part behmoth (it means giant - I know because I looked it up!), part witch and part Cinde... READ MORE
Georgina Bickerstaffe