Forrest Gump Summary
Winston Groom

Forrest Gump Summary

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom is a memoir of a "halfwit" in the 1960s-70s whose life is not "like a box of chocolates" but is not at all hum-drum.

Forrest Gump has an IQ of about 70, but realizes that he is smarter than a lot of "normal" people. He escapes "special school" by growing big and strong enough for football where he makes the All State team and is recruited...

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