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Book Review of The Man Who Ate the 747

The Man Who Ate the 747
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This is the story of the greatest love, ever... And so begins the enchanting tale of J.J. Smith, Keeper of the Records for The Book of Records, an ordinary man searching for the extraordinary. Traveling the world, J.J. has clocked the world's longest continuous kiss, the lengthiest single unbroken apple peel, the farthest flight of a champagne cork. But he has never witnessed great love -- until he comes upon a tiny town in the heartland of America. Here J.J. discovers a world record attempt like no other. Piece by piece, a farmer is eating a Boeing 747 to prove his love for a woman. But Willa Wyatt is no ordinary woman, and J.J. is astounded to be struck by love for her too, throwing his carefully ordered world upside down and proving that hearts, like world record, can be broken and that the greatest wonders in life can never be measured.