Giant Love Song is witness to the poetic journey of fourteen-year-old Maureen Muldoon, a committed daydreamer trying to navigate the final hours of her mother’s life without getting crushed. She weaves a tapestry of stories and songs in hopes of avoiding the inevitable. Along the way, we meet colorful characters from this Jersey neighborhood who leave their mark on your heart. As daybreak comes, Maureen is granted a gift from her father, the Giant. Carried to her from several decades before her birth, this could be the very thing she was chasing all along.
“It has been a long time since reading a book that captured my attention the way this one did. I was pulled in from the first page and looked forward to every moment I could open it back up and keep reading.
I fell in love with young Maureen the same way I fell in love with Scout the first time I read To Kill a Mockingbird. Just like in Mockingbird, I felt completely transported to another place and time and felt connected to the characters in a way that can only be achieved through truly inspired writing.
It’s really an extraordinary piece of work.”
-Shannon Terhune