On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, and then tries to catch up by attempting a sho
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
โ Scribed by Stephen King
- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 147 KB
- Edition
- F
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780684835839
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โฆ Synopsis
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 path. But in her panic to get back to her family, she takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth, deeper into the woods.
At first its 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 and Trisha struggles for survival and a way out, she realises that she is not alone. Theres something else in the woods watching. Waiting...
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