The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

'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. Trying
not to be terrified, trying not to let herself
think that sometimes when people got lost in
the woods they got seriously hurt.
Sometimes they died.'

Trisha McFarland has only veered off the trail to
get away from the bickering of her brother and
recently divorced mother. She doesn't think
there's any chance of losing her way.

Except, in her panic to get back on the path,
Trisha takes a turning that leads into the
tangled undergrowth. Deeper and deeper into
the terrifying woods. At first it's just the
Midge's and mosquitoes, hanging around
her ears like helicopters, trying to drink her
blood and sip her sweat. Then the hunger.
For solace she tunes her Walkman into
broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games
and the performances of her hero Tom
Gordon. And when the reception begins to
fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is
with her.

As darkness begins to fall, Trisha begins to give 
up hope of being found. Alive. And as she
struggles for survival and a way out, she
realises that she's not alone. There's something
else in the woods - watching. Waiting . . .

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. Aglow with a girl's indomitable
spirit, it is at once a powerful fairytale, an
astonishing allegory, and a brilliant 
contemporary portrait of a girl and her 
sports hero.

Genres: Horror - Thriller - Suspense - Mystery - Fantasy
Condition: Good
Published: 1999 by Hodder & Stoughton. First edition.
Pages: 216
ISBN: 0340765585
Weight: 385g