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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Book

Stephen King has been for so long the master of the thick blockbuster horror paperback that it is salutary to be reminded of the quieter writer of shorter, tighter stories that he also is. His new novella could hardly be simpler--a nine-year-old girl, smart and resourceful, gets herself lost in the deep woods when she strays off the path for a moment and struggles to survive with a little food, not especially sensible clothing and a Walkman. One of the threats dogging Trisha is her imagination--she is an smart enough child to know how much trouble she is in and gradually to personify the wasps, and midges and dangerous animals, as a God of the Lost. And that imagination is also her strongest resource--she has a baseball cap signed by the Red Sox pitcher Tom Gordon, which becomes her talisman. This is a story of almost pure sentiment and suspense; King has always had fascinating insight into the minds of children and a command of detail that makes him the ideal writer of certain sorts of shipwreck. The almost minimal material here--a single character, what she has on her, and deep woods--make this one of his most gripping and compulsive tales. --Roz KaveneyRead More

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  • Amazon

    Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 07 Pages: 256 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton 'The world has teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old Lost in the woods. 'Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to the path. Trisha takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth. Deeper and deeper in the terrifying woods. At first it's just the bugs. midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into oadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon. As darkness begins to fall. Trisha realises that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods - watching. Waiting ...

  • Foyles

    'Vintage King', a delightful suspense novel in which King's 'trump card is his ability to arouse empathy for the plight of his young heroine' (Independent on Sunday), now with a stunning new cover look.The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Lost in the woods. Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to her family, she takes a turning that leads deeper into the tangled undergrowth. At first it's just the bugs, midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon. But as darkness begins to fall, Trisha realises that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods - watching. Waiting . . .

  • Play

    'The world has teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Lost in the woods.' Trisha has only veered a little way off the trail. But in her panic to get back to the path Trisha takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth. Deeper and deeper in the terrifying woods. At first it's just the bugs midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon. As darkness begins to fall Trisha realises that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods - watching. Waiting ...

  • BookDepository

    The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon : Paperback : HODDER & STOUGHTON : 9781444707472 : : 07 Jul 2011 : Wake up the new reader and shake up the existing reader - between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2024 Hodder is reissuing groups of Stephen King's books in a wonderful new livery. THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON is a THRILLING SUSPENSE novel, that 'you dare not put down' (Daily Mail).

  • Blackwell

    Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author brand lettering and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. 'The world has teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.

  • 1444707477
  • 9781444707472
  • Stephen King
  • 7 July 2011
  • Hodder & Stoughton
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
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