Synopsis
A remarkable child transforms a small, rural community – and, soon, the world.
A young, unmarried Amish woman, attended by the country veterinarian, delivers an enormous baby, and no one in Lakota, Wisconsin knows what to make of the boy. Raised by his brother on a struggling farm, Gabriel Fisher walks at eight months, communicates with animals and possesses extraordinary athletic...
Details
11 September 2025336 pages
9781035084531Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
Life, and Death, and Giants is an intriguing and alluring novel from beginning to end. The events are startling, sad, amusing, invigorating, and informative. Reading it is like meeting a family that you never knew existed and becoming close friends in a few weeks. Highly recommendedJane Smiley, author of A Thousand Acres
A small-town novel as magical and moral as a tall taleStewart O'Nan, author of Songs for the Missing
A remarkable, profoundly moving novelLarry Watson, author of Montana 1948
Ron Rindo has crafted a novel that is remarkably generous, kind, and graceful. This is a novel that still believes in magic, goodness, and everyday heroesNickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs
