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When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, the whole town of Aberdeen lined up to bet on the weight of the baby that could stretch a woman to such epic proportions. Truly would pay the price of her enormity. Her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her older sister and polar opposite, Serena Jane,the epitome of feminine perfection. His death left Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the town's prodigal May Queen and Truly to eke out an existence with a rattletrap, outcast family on its rundown farm.
While Truly's remarkable size makes her the subject of constant curiosity and humiliation by her peers,Serena Jane's beauty proves to be both her biggest blessing and her worst curse, for it targets her as the obsession of Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans, Aberdeen's family doctors for generations.When Bob Bob does the unthinkable to claim Serena Jane, his actions change the destiny of all Aberdeen County.
As Truly grows older - and ever larger - Bob Bob forces her to become mistress of a house she did not choose and mother to her eight-year-old nephew, Bobbie. It isn't long, however, before Truly discovers Bob Bob's real reason for wanting her at his house: his fascination with her physical anomalies. But when she uncovers the Morgan family secret, a centuries old shadow book penned by one of the early Morgan wives, she may have found the key to surviving Bob Bob's cruelties.
Armed with dangerous secrets from Aberdeen's past, Truly soon confronts life-altering moral decisions about whether or how she should use her new found knowledge. As she practices her herbal healing, she is drawn deeper into the circle of the town until she learns of a betrayal so huge, even she is dwarfed by it. In the end, Truly is forced to face her own larger-than-life demons, redefine mercy, and consider the possibility that love cannot be ordered to size.
Author Info: Tiffany Baker lives in Marin County (CA) with her husband and three young children. This is her first book! She is hard at work on her second novel, Fleur de Sel.
Review: This was an interesting book- it made you want to keep reading to find out what would happen and if Truly would solve the mystery involving her brother-in-law and her missing sister! This is not a quick read- you want to relish the words and descriptions of Truly's world! If you're looking for a quality summer read, now that the book is in paperback- this is it!
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