W. Ross Macdonald School Library

What's Eating Gilbert Grape? /

by Hedges, Peter, Edition statement:First Pocket Books printing. | Enlarged by W. Ross Macdonald School. Published by : Pocket Books, (New York :) Physical details: 2 volumes (335 pages) : comb binding ; 35 cm ISBN:0671870807. Year: 1994 Item type: Large Print List(s) this item appears in: Books With Movie Versions
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Fiction F HED (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Copy: 1 Vol: 2(2) Available 2012-3477

Gilbert Grape is a 24-year-old grocery store clerk stuck in Endora, Iowa, where the population is 1,091 and shrinking. After the suicide of Gilbert's father, his family never recovered. Once the town beauty queen, Gilbert's mother is morbidly obese after seven years of house-bound depression; his younger sister is boy-crazy and God-fearing, while his older sister sacrifices everything for her family. And then there's Arnie, Gilbert's younger brother with special needs. With no one else to care for Arnie, Gilbert becomes his brother's main parent, and all four siblings must tend to the needs of their helpless, grieving mother. So Gilbert is in a rut-until an enchanting new girl arrives in town. His family gathers for Arnie's 18th birthday and Becky, the mysterious and lovely newcomer, breathes new life into Gilbert's world.

Photocopied from: New York : Pocket Books, 1994, c1991. (335 p.). 0671870807.

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