Sounded ID: 9781771837798
ISBN: 9781771837798
Publication Date: June 21, 2023
Publisher: Guernica Editions
Language: English
Author Name: John Young
Narrator Name: John Young
This often-comic novel is for all who have worked with the wrong people in the wrong place, and ached to escape?to start something new and find a sense of belonging.
What begins as backyard diversion swells into a hilarious and absurd obsession: to grow the world’s largest pumpkin and, with the help of an entrepreneur friend, build a pumpkin empire to make everything from snacks to toilet paper. All to win him fame and fortune (and perhaps the affection of an alluring neighbor). Reverend John Crackstone sees his pumpkins, especially the giant named Schwartz, as his shot at greatness. And ...
This often-comic novel is for all who have worked with the wrong people in the wrong place, and ached to escape?to start something new and find a sense of belonging.
What begins as backyard diversion swells into a hilarious and absurd obsession: to grow the world’s largest pumpkin and, with the help of an entrepreneur friend, build a pumpkin empire to make everything from snacks to toilet paper. All to win him fame and fortune (and perhaps the affection of an alluring neighbor). Reverend John Crackstone sees his pumpkins, especially the giant named Schwartz, as his shot at greatness. And it becomes his chance to flip the tables on his affluent and perpetually disappointed deacons.
While often comic, Getting Huge resonates with the Great Resignation and quiet quitting, as it shows how the pursuit of other people’s goals and ideas of success can cloud judgment. Until we are jolted into clarity and head for the hills.
Follow John Crackstone's humorous eight-month adventure from Easter morning to Christmas Eve in a stumbling pursuit of success and sense of belonging.
# | Title | Duration |
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1. | Opening |
0 mins 25 secs |
2. | Chapter 1 |
29 mins 59 secs |
3. | Chapter 2 |
8 mins 59 secs |
4. | Chapter 3 |
17 mins 46 secs |
5. | Chapter 4 |
20 mins 30 secs |
6. | Chapter 5 |
16 mins 28 secs |
7. | Chapter 6 |
19 mins 58 secs |
8. | Chapter 7 |
33 mins 48 secs |
9. | Chapter 8 |
22 mins 54 secs |
10. | Chapter 9 |
24 mins 43 secs |
11. | Chapter 10 |
11 mins 04 secs |
12. | Chapter 11 |
30 mins 50 secs |
13. | Chapter 12 |
24 mins 49 secs |
14. | Chapter 13 |
19 mins 29 secs |
15. | Chapter 14 |
17 mins 32 secs |
16. | Chapter 15 |
30 mins 00 secs |
17. | Chapter 16 |
19 mins 33 secs |
18. | Chapter 17 |
25 mins 54 secs |
19. | Chapter 18 |
11 mins 08 secs |
20. | Chapter 19 |
41 mins 30 secs |
21. | Chapter 20 |
25 mins 42 secs |
22. | Chapter 21 |
30 mins 53 secs |
23. | Chapter 22 |
20 mins 51 secs |
24. | Chapter 23 |
25 mins 26 secs |
25. | Chapter 24 |
31 mins 38 secs |
26. | Chapter 25 |
25 mins 00 secs |
27. | Chapter 26 |
19 mins 05 secs |
28. | Closing |
2 mins 09 secs |