What's Eating Gilbert Grape
by Peter Hedgesliterary work· published 1991
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The coming-of-age of a 24-year-old grocery clerk who has spent his entire life in an Iowa town with a population of 1091.
Adaptations (1)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a 1993 film.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape1993 · film · 118 min · dir. Lasse Hallström · IMDb ↗Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
