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Gwendy's Button Box

AuthorStephen King, Richard Chizmar

NarratorMaggie Siff

SeriesGwendy's Button Box Trilogy, Book 1

Duration2h 41m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries

PublisherHodder & Stoughton

VersionUnabridged

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The little town of Castle Rock, Maine, has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told...until now. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, 12-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs. At the top, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminium bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labour Day charity game. One day a stranger calls to Gwendy: 'Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me.' On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat like for a suit, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small, neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat...

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