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  • 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 (2,472 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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Good story, narration not great

As always, King provided a good story. I am not a fan of Heche as narrator, though.

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Cartoon voices

Ann heche sounds like she is a cartoon character
Otherwise love This novel! Love king

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Edge of your seat story

Anne Heche’s is the perfect narrator for this edge of your seat story. Be prepared for a roller coaster of emotions that you just can’t stop listening to, and makes you hold your breath right to the end.

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amazing!

it was hard to put this book down! loved it from start to finish.

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a cliff hanger

I don't normaly buy this type of story but boy was I happy that I did. I could almost smell the trees and swamp. This little girl would be a hero in my book to have gotten so far and at such a young age.

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Annie Heche left too soon

She was not as loved as little Patricia. Her gorgeous voice gave life to a nine year old's voice in lovely resonant tones.

Stephen King writes non horror more subtly than his formulaic novels. This, in my ppinion is not as good as Mr Mercedes, or Billy Summers but then, as a stone cold King fan, I dont care. Ill read everything he writes. Hes just that addictive.

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Loved it

I did not like the music between chapters but I liked the story and the reader enough to overlook it.

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A great listen-not King's best though

I'd read "The Girl..." when it came out pre-audible, in 1999. It was a very exciting read, and as a hiker and camper I lived the descriptive scenes in my mind as the story unfolded.

The young heroine lives thru the terrors of being lost combined with her imagination as she becomes dehydrated and starving-who knows if what she hears following her is real or not..is a scary spirit or wild animal. We don't discover until the end how things wind up-King is superior when it comes to leading his readers on.

While, not particularly a King Classic like "It", "The Stand" or my favorite "Christine", Tom Gordon delivers a big strong story about a little but strong heroine, baseball and being scarily lost.

Worth your credit, even if you've read it already. Anne Heche is a superior narrator for kings work. Her understated voice as she voices King's words works.

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Awesome combo of story and narrator!

Loved it! If I have a second childhood, I want to have the strength of Patricia McFarland. Thank you Mr. King for bringing this hero to life.

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good story love Stephen King

the only reason it's a 4 is I like being scared by the master. a great listen none the less.

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