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Rebecca Ascher-Walsh is a senior writer for Entertainment Weekly
Gilbert Grape lives with his obese mother, two sisters, and mentally retarded brother in Endora, Iowa. ''Describing this place is like dancing to no music,'' Gilbert says, but the moving story he narrates is lyrical and far from dull. Reissued to coincide with the faithful movie adaptation, which stars Johnny Depp, the paperback, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, has the requisite star billing and photograph on the cover but otherwise remains unchanged. A
Posted Dec 24, 1993
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