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Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo
Thursday, November 11, 2027
Dordt University
Gabriel Fisher was born an orphan, weighing eighteen pounds and measuring twenty-seven inches long. No one in Lakota, Wisconsin, knows what to make of him. He walks at eight months, communicates with animals, and seems to possess extraordinary athletic talent. But when the older brother who has been caring for him dies, Gabriel is taken in by his devout Amish grandparents who disapprove of all the attention and hide him away from the English world.
But it’s hard to hide forever when you’re nearly eight feet tall. At seventeen, Gabriel is spotted working in a hay field by the local football coach. What happens next transforms not only Gabriel’s life but the lives of everyone he meets.
Life, and Death, and Giants is a moving story of faith, family, buried secrets, and everyday miracles.
About Ron Rindo
Ron Rindo is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. His writing includes the novels Life, and Death, and Giants and Breathing Lake Superior, and three short story collections. He lives in Pickett, Wisconsin.
As a lifelong writer and Professor of English for 35 years, Ron has given fiction readings and talks on craft and literature at universities, libraries, and book clubs both in person and online to audiences of all ages and levels of interest and expertise. While most of his appearances involve detailed conversations with readers who have read his work, he also enjoys speaking about the value and pleasures of reading literature, an activity which connects us intimately to other lives and other places, expanding the boundaries of our minds and our worlds.