Gramercy Book Club October Selection is Life, and Death, and Giants!

Gramercy Book Club’s October pick is by , a moving story of faith, family, buried secrets, and everyday miracles. , editor emeritus of the Kenyon Review and professor of English at Kenyon College, will facilitate the group discussion and interview Rindo, who will join via Zoom in the latter portion of the evening.

A ticket to this program includes a copy of Life, and Death, and Giants. It is strongly encouraged that registrants read the book prior to the program.

Gabriel Fisher was born an orphan, weighing eighteen pounds and measuring twenty-seven inches long. No one in Lakota, Wisconsin, knows what to make of him. He walks at eight months, communicates with animals, and seems to possess extraordinary athletic talent. But when the older brother who has been caring for him dies, Gabriel is taken in by his devout Amish grandparents who disapprove of all the attention and hide him away from the English world.

But it’s hard to hide forever when you’re nearly eight feet tall. At seventeen, Gabriel is spotted working in a hay field by the local football coach. What happens next transforms not only Gabriel’s life but the lives of everyone he meets.

Life, and Death, and Giants is a moving story of faith, family, buried secrets, and everyday miracles.

Ron Rindo is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He has published one previous novel, Breathing Lake Superior, and three short story collections. He lives in Pickett, Wisconsin.

David Lynn is the editor emeritus of the Kenyon Review and a professor of English at Kenyon College. He was the editor of the review, an international journal of literature, culture and the arts, from 1994 to 2020. He is the author of the story collection, "Children of God: New & Selected Stories" and the novel Wrestling with Gabriel, among other books. His stories and essays have appeared in magazines and journals in America, England, India and Australia. His awards include a 2016 O. Henry Award, the Glimmer Train Short Story Prize, the Ohioana Library Association Award for Editorial Excellence.

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Gramercy Books, 2424 East Main Street, Columbus, United States