The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon : A Novel by Stephen King

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                     Trisha McFarland is a plucky 9-year-old hiking with her brother and
                     mom, who is grimly determined to give the kids a good time on their
                     weekends together. Trisha's mom is recently divorced, and her brother is
                     feuding with her for moving from Boston to small-town Maine, where
                     classmates razz him. Trisha steps off the trail for a pee and a respite from
                     the bickering. And gets lost.

                     Trisha's odyssey succeeds on several levels. King renders her
                     consciousness of increasing peril beautifully, from the "first minnowy
                     flutter of disquiet" in her guts to her into-the-wild tumbles to her descent
                     into hallucinations, the nicest being her beloved Red Sox baseball pitcher
                     Tom Gordon, whose exploits she listens to on her Walkman. The nature
                     writing is accurate, tense, and sometimes lyrical, from the maddening
                     whine of the no-see-um mosquito to the profound obbligato of the
                     "Subaudible" (Trisha's dad's term for nature's intimations of God). Our
                     identification with Trisha deepens as we learn about her loved ones: Dad,
                     a dreamboat whose beer habit could sink him; loving but stubborn Mom;
                     Trisha's best pal, Pepsi Robichaud, vividly evoked by her colorful sayings
                     ("Don't go all GIRLY on me, McFarland!"). The personal associations
                     triggered by a full moon, the running monologue with which she stays
                     sane--we who have been lost in woods will recognize these things.

                     In King's revealing Amazon.com interview, he said the one book he
                     wishes he'd written was Lord of the Flies. When Trisha confronts a
                     vision of buzzing horror in the middle of the woods, King creates his
                     strongest echo yet of the central passage of Golding's novel. --Tim
                     Appelo

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                     The Wall Street Journal, Kate Flatley
                     Mr. King tells a wonderful story of courage, faith and hope in The Girl
                     Who Loved Tom Gordon. It is eminently engaging and difficult to put
                     down. But it may blunt any desire you might have to go hiking ever again.

                     The New York Times, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
                     ...reading the novel produces several satisfying moments of feverish terror
                     where you can picture Trisha's bones bleaching in a sunlit landscape
                     utterly indifferent to her being.

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                     Book Description
                     What if the woods were full of them? And of course they were, the
                     woods were full of everything you didn't like, everything you were
                     afraid of and instinctively loathed, everything that tried to
                     overwhelm you with nasty, no-brain panic.

                     The brochure promised a "moderate-to-difficult" six-mile hike on the
                     Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, where
                     nine-year-old Trisha McFarland was to spend Saturday with her older
                     brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. When she wanders off
                     to escape their constant bickering, then tries to catch up by attempting a
                     shortcut through the woods, Trisha strays deeper into a wilderness full of
                     peril and terror. Especially when night falls.

                     Trisha has only her wits for navigation, only her ingenuity as a defense
                     against the elements, only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting
                     fear. For solace she tunes her Walkman to broadcasts of Boston Red
                     Sox games and the gritty performances of her hero, number 36, relief
                     pitcher Tom Gordon. And when her radio's reception begins to fade,
                     Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with her -- her key to surviving an
                     enemy known only by the slaughtered animals and mangled trees in its
                     wake.

                     A classic story that engages our emotions at the most primal level, The
                     Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon explores our deep dread of the unknown
                     and the extent to which faith can conquer it. It is a fairy tale grimmer than
                     Grimm, but aglow with a girl's indomitable spirit.

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                     Synopsis
                     When a young girl gets lost in the woods, she has only her Sony
                     Walkman for comfort. She is a huge fan of Tom Gordon, a relief pitcher
                     for the Boston Red Sox, so she listens to a game and he becomes a
                     character in her mind. The question is, is there something threatening in
                     the woods? Or not?.

                     Synopsis
                     Best of the Best. Eager to escape the bickering of her recently-divorced
                     mother and her older brother, Pete, nine-year-old Trisha wanders off the
                     main path of the Appalachian Trail between Maine and New Hampshire.
                     As she tries to take a shortcut to catch up to her family, she becomes
                     even more lost. Now alone in the woods and facing the elements, her
                     only escape is the radio, listening to the Boston Red Sox games and
                     daydreaming about pitcher Tom Gordon. As she faces unbelievable
                     hardships, an unidentified creature that leaves dead animals and mangled
                     trees in its wake, and ghostly apparitions, Trisha bravely follows the river
                     and her instincts in the hope of surviving. --This text refers to the audio
                     cassette edition of this title

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