Professor Renoir's Collection of Oddities, Curiosities, and Delights
By her fourteenth birthday, Babe Killingsworth measures almost seven feet tall, and weights 342 pounds. In 1896, what other options does a giant have but to join a carnival? Her only real talent is handling animals. The cheap outfit her father sells her off to offers critters galore, an escape from Neal, Idaho, and a bit of fame. It also opens the doorway to exploitation and neglect.
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