Peter Hedges
Paperback | Pages: 319 pages Rating: 4.1 | 14422 Users | 556 Reviews
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| Title | : | What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
| Author | : | Peter Hedges |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 319 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 1999 by Simon Schuster (first published September 1st 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Young Adult. Contemporary |
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Just about everything in Endora, Iowa (pop. 1,091 and dwindling) is eating Gilbert Grape, a twenty-four-year-old grocery clerk who dreams only of leaving. His enormous mother, once the town sweetheart, has been eating nonstop ever since her husband's suicide, and the floor beneath her TV chair is threatening to cave in. Gilbert's long-suffering older sister, Amy, still mourns the death of Elvis, and his knockout younger sister has become hooked on makeup, boys, and Jesus--in that order, but the biggest event on the horizon for all the Grapes is the eighteenth birthday of Gilbert's younger brother, Arnie, who is a living miracle just for having survived so long. As the Grapes gather in Endora, a mysterious beauty glides through town on a bicycle and rides circles around Gilbert, until he begins to see a new vision of his family and himself.Particularize Books During What's Eating Gilbert Grape
| Original Title: | What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
| ISBN: | 0671038540 (ISBN13: 9780671038540) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Iowa(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.1 From 14422 Users | 556 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books What's Eating Gilbert Grape
***NO SPOILERS***Whats eating Gilbert Grape? In short, a lot:-His general ennui and restlessness in tiny, dead-end Endora, Iowa-His morbidly obese mother-His intellectually handicapped brother-His romantic relationshipThis is not all. Further topics Peter Hedges wrote about are as follows:-Economic depression-Adultery-Sudden death-Family shame-SuicideIts too much, and its the books biggest flaw. Nevertheless, Hedges didnt explore these to an equal degree. Endora is just wallpaper. The adulteryThis book was written fairly well, which is why it's two stars and not one.This book does have humour in it, but it's not a happy book. Gilbert Grape is part of a highly dysfunctional family still suffering in their own ways since his dad was found in the basement after hanging himself, and in addition, his younger brother Arnie has special needs. They are dysfunctional because none of them has had any sort of help in handling their feelings and issues since then. If you like really
Gilbert Grape lives at home with two of his three sisters, Amy and Ellen, and one of his two brothers, Arnie. Arnie is mentally handicapped and depends on Gilbert for a lot. So do his sisters, but Arnie's dependence is draining. Then there's Gilbert's momma. She also lives with them and is poifectly huge. Like hundreds of pounds worth of huge. She was once the prettiest girl in Endora where all the Grape family home is located, but now...is not. The whole Grape clan is just counting the days to
This was my favourite book when I was a teenager. I loved it when I was in high school, had parts of it memorized and read it multiple times. I was nervous and scared to read it. But you know what, I LOVED it. It's extremely well written and the voice is strong. It is funny and sad and influential. It has shaped the way I write . I still love this book. I noticed that the author has a contact form on his website. I intend to write him a note.
I don't think I would have given it 4 stars if I only read the book, but I kept picturing the movie, which I loved (although it has been at least a decade since I last watched it).
What's Eating Gilbert Grape originally came out when I was in high school. As per my mother's rule, one had to read the book before viewing the movie so I read the story of the Grape family before venturing to watch the film starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio. Peter Hedges created many memorable characters in small town Endora, Iowa, also known derogatorily by Gilbert as Endora of the line. A touching story about a dysfunctional family wasting away as their mother Bonnie eats herself
Thought I was different and it seems I'm just the sameAs a game I put my hand over the flameI thought, I was smarter as I flew into the sunBut it turned out the way it does with everyoneOh, oh, I don't fly around your fire anymoreI don't fly around your fire anymoreBurned and fallen down so many times beforeI don't fly around your fire anymoreI love the heat, I love the things that I forgotI love the strings that tie me down and cut me offI was a king, I was a moth with painted wings made of
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