• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Anne Heche
  • Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (2,419 ratings)

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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Anne Heche
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Publisher's summary

Somewhere in New England, nine-year-old Trisha gets lost in the woods while on a walk with her family. Her only comforts are the radio broadcasts of Boston Red Sox games featuring her favorite player, closing pitcher Tom Gordon. Lonely, frightened, starving, and cold, Gordon becomes Trisha's imaginary companion - and the key to her survival against an unidentified someone (or some thing) leaving death and destruction in its wake.




The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is read by celebrated actress Anne Heche, star of numerous major motion pictures including Return to Paradise and Wag the Dog.

©1999 Stephen King, All Rights Reserved (P)1999 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved, AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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A great story of survival and perseverance under amazingly difficult conditions. A story of the immense power of nature and of the human mind. A story of life. But I have heard this is Anne Heche’s best performance. Not to speak ill of the dead, but she was NOT a good audiobook reader. Her tone was extremely monotonous and her voice acting quite weak. Audiobooks need to use REAL readers and voice actors and not screen actors playing at it.

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Not your typical Steven King book.

I listened to this book because Anne Heche reads it. She does a spectacular job bringing life to the King's words. Stephen King has a beautiful way of writing for children and Anne Heche took those words and brought them home. I highly recommend this book.

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love this book

I've read it several times and listened twice. a must read for outdoor adventure types

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Enjoyed all but a single word

Good story and the narration by Anne Heche was mostly fine, though I thought the sound quality was a bit lacking. One pet peeve: as one who grew up in Appalachia, the name of these mountains is pronounced “Apple-La-Chin” NOT “Apple-Lay-Chin”. I took a star off of this performance for having to hear this word mispronounced repeatedly throughout the recording.

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Needs to be re-recorded

This audiobook suffers from bad audio production. If I hadn't been listening at 2.5x speed, the gaps between chapters would have driven me crazy.

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EXCELLENT READ!!

This book is amazing! This is one of my all time favorite Stephen King books. If you liked books like stand by me or The Green Mile you'll love this book. Nothing supernatural in it, its just a great story.

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Good Narration

I don't think the narration could have been any better. I was very impressed with the job Ann Heche did. I was caught up in the story and holding out hope that she would make it out. As always, Mr. King draws it out as long as possible, but by the end you have a very clear picture of his intent.

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One of King's best.

I have read/listened to this book at least nine times. Great story that could have been real life.

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My favorite audio so far...

this is by far my favorite audiobook so far. I must have listened to this story over 10 times now. great story. wonderful suspense. Perfect pacing!

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Loved it

I've read this book three times in the past twenty years or so and bought it for family members as gifts. One of Stephen King's best works. I was hypnotized. Flawless!

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