{"id":2604,"date":"2010-06-29T23:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T03:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2010-06-30T00:21:56","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T04:21:56","slug":"the-little-giant-of-aberdeen-county-by-tiffany-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2604","title":{"rendered":"The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Little-Giant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2605\" title=\"The Little Giant of Aberdeen County\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Little-Giant.jpg\" alt=\"The Little Giant of Aberdeen County\" width=\"94\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong> <em>The Little Giant of Aberdeen County<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Author: <\/strong>Tiffany Baker<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Grand Central Publishing<br \/>\n<strong>Source: <\/strong>The Columbus Metropolitan Library (I&#8217;d requested a copy via Bostick Communications in April.\u00c2\u00a0 When the opportunity to interview Tiffany came up, I\u00c2\u00a0began reading a\u00c2\u00a0library copy of the book.)<\/p>\n<p>The title character of <em>The Little Giant of Aberdeen County <\/em>is Truly Plaice.\u00c2\u00a0 When younger, she wishes she could wear pretty dresses like Serena Jane, her beautiful older sister.\u00c2\u00a0 Truly&#8217;s increasing size leaves her with only boys clothing in her wardrobe.\u00c2\u00a0 As she leaves behind the conventions of the 60s the townspeople begin to ignore the largest person in town.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Amelia and Marcus are two people who seek her company and never let go.<\/p>\n<p>The first chapter grabbed me.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It told me a lot about Truly&#8217;s circumstances before going into the past.\u00c2\u00a0 This was not the chick-lit or beach read promised via recent publicity promotions.\u00c2\u00a0 I knew from previous book blogger reviews this was not going to be one of those books.\u00c2\u00a0 Decades of Truly figuring out what she likes best in life, dealing with her childhood tormentor and living her life as an invisible entity reads more like women&#8217;s fiction.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is Tiffany Baker&#8217;s first published novel.\u00c2\u00a0 She&#8217;s created memorable characters and woven together several subplots.\u00c2\u00a0 Dr. Bob Bob Morgan is one of the most detested characters I&#8217;ve read in a long time.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s cruel and full of pride &#8211; not a lovely combination for Truly.\u00c2\u00a0 Amelia&#8217;s quiet, steady presence provides support when Truly becomes a mother to her nephew.\u00c2\u00a0 Marcus&#8230; well, you&#8217;ll have to discover more about him on your own.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come back tomorrow for an interview with Tiffany Baker!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: The Little Giant of Aberdeen County Author: Tiffany Baker Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Source: The Columbus Metropolitan Library (I&#8217;d requested a copy via Bostick Communications in April.\u00c2\u00a0 When the opportunity to interview Tiffany came up, I\u00c2\u00a0began reading a\u00c2\u00a0library copy of the book.) 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