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Stephen King's most
gripping and unforgettable novel, Bag of Bones, is a story
of grief and a lost love's enduring bonds, of a new love
haunted by the secrets of the past, of an innocent child
caught in a terrible crossfire.
Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of
Bones recounts the plight of forty-year-old bestselling
novelist Mike Noonan, who is unable to stop grieving even
four years after the sudden death of his wife, Jo, and who
can no longer bear to face the blank screen of his word
processor.
Now his nights are plagued by vivid nightmares of the house
by the lake. Despite these dreams, or perhaps because of
them, Mike finally returns to Sara Laughs, the Noonans'
isolated summer home.
He finds his beloved Yankee town familiar on its surface,
but much changed underneath -- held in the grip of a
powerful millionaire, Max Devore, who twists the very fabric
of the community to his purpose: to take his three-year-old
granddaughter away from her widowed young mother. As Mike is
drawn into their struggle, 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, ever-escalating nightmares,
and the sudden recovery of his writing ability. What are the
forces that have been unleashed here -- and what do they
want of Mike Noonan?
As vivid and enthralling as King's most enduring works, Bag
of Bones resonates with what Amy Tan calls "the witty and
obsessive voice of King's powerful imagination." It's no
secret that King is our most mesmerizing storyteller. In Bag
of Bones -- described by Gloria Naylor as "a love story
about the dark places within us all" -- he proves to be one
of our most moving. |
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Anne Rivers Siddons
"I loved Bag of Bones. It's Stephen King for the new
millennium, with all the heart and wit showing through the
suspense. I always knew he'd do this. Such an evocation of
love, grief and healing."
Gloria Naylor "For years, I've been saying that
Stephen King is much more than just a horror fiction writer.
And I believe that he's never been given credit for taking
American literature and stretching its boundaries. Bag of
Bones proves me right. It is a love story about the dark
places within us all, a metaphor for the act of creativity
itself."
Amy Tan "What I admire most about Bag of Bones is its
intelligence of voice, not only the craftsmanship -- the
indelible sense of place, the well-fleshed characters, the
unstoppable story line -- but the witty and obsessive voice
of King's powerful imagination. It places both the ghost
story and Stephen King in their proper place on the shelf of
literary American fiction." |
