Bag Of Bones, Stephen King
Bag Of Bones, Stephen King
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Bag Of Bones

Author: Stephen King

Narrator: Stephen King

Unabridged: 35 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/27/2005


Synopsis

A powerful tale of grief, love’s enduring bonds, and secrets of the past from #1 New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King.

Four years after the sudden death of his wife, bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving. Unable to write and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the western Maine summerhouse he calls “Sara Laughs,” Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway. There, he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, whose vindictive purpose is to take his three-year-old granddaughter, Kyra, away from her widowed young mother, Mattie. As Mike is drawn into Mattie’s and Kyra’s struggle—and as he falls in love with both of them—he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs…now the site of ghostly visitations and escalating terrors. What are the forces that have been unleashed here—and just what do they want of Mike Noonan?

About Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King was born in 1947 in the city of Portland, Maine. He attended the University of Maine, where he received a B.A. degree in English in 1970. He married his present wife, Tabitha, in 1971, and they have three children. King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His novels have sold more than 350 million copies. Many have been made into films, television movies, and comics. He has published 54 novels using a pen name (Richard Bachman) for a few of them. Many of his stories take place in his home state of Maine.

He has won about every possible literary award beginning with his 1980 novella, The Way Station. His most notable literary award was in 2007 for the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.King has had the common human weaknesses including alcoholism and drug addiction. His health during that period was so bad that he barely remembered writing the novel, Cujo. The first novel written after he quit all dependent drugs and alcohol was Needful Things.Stephen King's wife, Tabitha, has published nine of her own novels along with both sons being published writers. His daughter is a Unitarian Universalism Church minister with her same sex partner.

A life altering happening beset King in June of 1999. King was walking on the shoulder of Route 5, in Lovell, Maine, when a driver, who was distracted by an unrestrained dog, struck him from behind. His severe injuries kept him in the hospital until July 9. His lawyer purchased the van that hit him to prevent it from being sold on eBay. It was crushed at a junkyard. King thought that he would not write again, but did resume writing with this caveat, "I'm writing, but I'm writing at a slower pace".

His most notable novels are: Carrie, The Shining, The Stand, Misery, It, The Dark Tower, Under the Dome, and The Shawshank Redemption.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by C on 2007-06-25 19:34:13

I have read a number of Steven King's books and overall have enjoyed his work. The first 4 cds of this book where very hard to get through--I almost gave up. After finishing 20 cds I wish I had. The author narated the book, which I was sceptical of in the beginning...but he did a good job.

AudiobooksNow review by Katherine on 2009-01-02 13:51:28

His last few books are dull, umimaginative, and difficult to get into. This is one of those books.

Goodreads review by Dale on August 31, 2007

I am a Stephen King junkie. I started reading him in high school and quickly tore through just about everything he'd ever written, and then started buying every new book he put out. Being a Stephen King fan is kind of like being a geek for Dragonlance or comic books - reviewing his work seems border......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on August 09, 2020

A classic paranormal ghost story, showing how the creepiness of including kids in such settings can be lead to the marvelous extreme. It reminded me of Lisey´s Story, both proof of what not just great author, but loving husband King is. As he can´t get tired to repeat the importance of the support an......more

Goodreads review by Diane on October 25, 2017

Haunted read! a bit long but the storyline was scary good and very intense (paperback!)......more

Goodreads review by Jamieson on February 04, 2009

I am enjoying what I think is perhaps Stephen King’s best novel, ever. The opinion on Stephen King’s best work differs depending on who you talk to; but for me, it will always be Bag of Bones. It’s the one novel of Kings that I’ve read more than any other (nine times) and each time it’s just as wonder......more

Goodreads review by David on November 05, 2019

I read any kind of book and it doesn’t matter if it’s, genre, literary, or nonfiction; the only requirement is that be well written. Horror is not my favorite, in fact it is my least favorite, it’s just not for me. This book however, is a solid five stars. I also really enjoyed, The Tommy Knockers,......more