The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King *First Edition
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Details: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King *First Edition
ISBN: 0684867621
Pages: 219
Published: 1999
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 wilder-
ness 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 ani
mals 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.