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LEADER: 02868cam 2200565 a 4500
001 ocm33948431
003 OCoLC
005 20091013164950.0
008 951207s1996 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 95052433
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dFIT$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dOCLCQ
020 $a0385314337 (HC)
020 $a9780385314336 (HC)
035 $a(OCoLC)33948431
043 $an-us-ma
050 00 $aPS3563.C35248$bG5 1996
082 00 $a813/.54$220
100 1 $aMcCracken, Elizabeth.
245 14 $aThe giant's house :$ba romance /$cElizabeth McCracken.
260 $aNew York :$bDial Press,$c1996.
300 $a259 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aA platonic romance between a librarian and a teenage boy. The boy is James, who suffers from giantism--never stops growing--while she is Peggy, a spinster 14 years his senior. During their 10-year relationship she redoes a house and a car to fit him. Only when he dies is there sex--with his father.
530 $aAlso issued online.
650 0 $aWomen librarians$vFiction.
650 0 $aGiants$vFiction.
651 0 $aCape Cod (Mass.)$vFiction.
655 7 $aLove stories.$2gsafd
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random043/95052433.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random047/95052433.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/95052433-b.html
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c19.95$d14.96$i0385314337$n0002796820$sactive
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n95052433
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n314501
952 $a33948431$zDLC$bLIBRARY OF CONGRESS$dURI$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$nSummary$u20090107
952 $a130606558$zYUS$bYALE UNIV LIBR$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20070518
952 $a132642469$zJTC$bSHASTA PUBLIC LIBR$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20070519
952 $a176569622$zPUL$bPRINCETON UNIV$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20071024
952 $a188968011$zPAU$bUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20080517
952 $a218340002$zCUY$bUNIV OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20080403
952 $a232074243$zSLR$bHARVARD UNIV, SCHLESINGER LIBR$hLess-than-full batch$iLCC$kDDC$u20090804
952 $a238266979$zHLS$bHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBR$hLess-than-full batch$iLCC$kDDC$u20090804
952 $a242518429$zHLS$bHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBR$hLess-than-full batch$iLCC$kDDC$u20090804
952 $a242518434$zHLS$bHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBR$hLess-than-full batch$iLCC$kDDC$u20090804
952 $a242863393$zHLS$bHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBR$hLess-than-full batch$iLCC$kDDC$u20090803
952 $a274915937$zSTF$bSTANFORD UNIV LIBR$hFull$iLCC$kDDC$u20081120
029 1 $aYDXCP$b314501
029 1 $aNZ1$b4681302
029 1 $aAU@$b000012120699
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 1350 OTHER HOLDINGS