Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a twenty-five-year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey had to learn from him about books and blood and bools. Later, she understood that there was a place Scott went -- a place that both terrified and healed him, that could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now its Liseys turn to face Scotts demons, Liseys turn to go to Booya Moon. What begins as a widows effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited. Perhaps Kings most personal and powerful novel, Liseys Story is about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness, and the secret language of love.
Amazon.com Review
Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the written word, not only bringing horror to new heights, but trying his hand at nearly every possible genre, including childrens books, graphic novels, serial novels, literary fiction, nonfiction, westerns, fantasy, and even e-books (remember The Plant?). With Liseys Story, once again King is trying something different. Liseys Story is as much a romance as it is a supernatural thriller--but dont let us convince you. Who better to tell readers if King has written a romantic thriller than Nora Roberts? We asked Nora to read Liseys Story and give us her take. Check out her review below. --Daphne Durham
Guest Reviewer: Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts, who also writes under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, is the author of way too many bestselling books to name here (over 150!), but some of our favorites include: Angels Fall, Born in Death, Blue Smoke, and The Reef. Stephen King hooked me about three decades ago with that sharply faceted, blood-stained jewel, The Shining. Through the years hes bumped my gooses with kiddie vampires, tingled my spine with beloved pets gone rabid, justified my personal fear of clowns and made me think twice about my cell phone. Ive always considered The Stand--a long-time favorite--a towering tour de force, and have owed its author a debt as this was the first novel I could convince my older son to read from cover to cover.
But with Liseys Story, King has accomplished one more feat. He broke my heart.
Liseys Story is, at its core, a love story--heart-wrenching, passionate, terrifying and tender. It is the multi-layered and expertly crafted tale of a twenty-five year marriage, and a widows journey through grief, through discovery and--this is King, after all--through a nightmare scape of the ordinary and extraordinary. Through Liseys mind and heart, the reader is pulled into the intimacies of her marriage to bestselling novelist Scott Landon, and through her we come to know this complicated, troubled and heroic man.
Two years after his death, Lisey sorts through her husbands papers and her own shrouded memories. Following the clues Scott left her and her own instincts, she embarks on a journey that risks both her life and her sanity. She will face Scotts demons as well as her own, traveling into the past and into Booya Moon, the seductive and terrifying world hed shown her. There lives the power to heal, and the power to destroy.
Lisey Landon is a richly wrought character of charm and complexity, of realized inner strength and redoubtable humor. As the central figure she drives the story, and the story is so vividly textured, the reader will draw in the perfumed air of Booya Moon, will see the sunlight flood through the windows of the Scotts studio--or the night press against them. Her voice will be clear in your ear as you experience the fear and the wonder. If your heart doesnt hitch at the demons she faces in this world and the other, if it doesnt thrill at her courage and endurance, youre going to need to check with a cardiologist, first chance.
Liseys Story is bright and brilliant. Its dark and desperate. While Ill always consider The Shining, my first ride on Kings wild Tilt-A-Whirl, a gorgeous, bloody jewel, I found, on this latest ride, a treasure box heaped with dazzling gems.
A few of them have sharp, hungry teeth. --Nora Roberts
Rate Points :3.0
Binding :Hardcover
Label :Scribner
Manufacturer :Scribner
ProductGroup :Book
Studio :Scribner
Publisher :Scribner
Price :$28.00USD
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