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ISBN. 978-1-5011-6340-1. Sleeping Beauties is a novel by Stephen King and his son Owen King, released on September 26, 2017. The book was first mentioned during a promotional appearance on the CBC radio program q. Of the novel, Stephen King stated, "Owen brought me this dynamite idea and I've collaborated a couple of times with Joe.
Sep 26, 2017 · It is an exceedingly long read at 714 pages, which I have come to expect from Mr King. But I also expect a little more quality than I got here. Sleeping Beauties could easily have been quite a bit shorter. I am not going to apportion blame for either the length or the warfare, because I don't know the logistics of how this was written.
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In the impoverished town of Dooling, part of the fictional Tri-Counties region of Appalachia, a bizarre murder occurs when two men running a meth lab out of their trailer are beaten to death by a mysterious woman, Lila Norcross, who then sets fire to the lab before allowing herself to be arrested by the local sheriff. At the same time, reports star...
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1. Lila Norcross: Clint Norcross's wife, who works as the local sheriff. She doesn't take anyone's crap and has a very dry undertone in her dialogue, heightened because of her lack of sleep; at the start of the story, she is working the night shift and had been up for over 12 hours straight. She continues to try to stay awake to help the town, but eventually succumbs to Aurora, at which point she takes leadership of the women in Our Place. 2. Clint Norcross: A psychiatrist for the Dooling Cor...
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1. Jared Norcross: Lila and Clint's only son. He's a lot like his father, both in looks and personality. He is somewhat insecure and has a good heart. 2. Elaine Nutting: Frank's ex-wife. She's a very religious woman-in fact, they met at her church. She is currently separated from Frank on account of her inability to tolerate his short temper. 3. Nana Geary: Frank's daughter. She has a talent for drawing and probably a bit of trauma from her father constantly yelling at her, yet she still love...
In April 2017, Deadline.com reported that Anonymous Content had purchased the television rights to the novel. In July 2019, Deadline Hollywood further reported that IDW Publishing would be releasing a 10-part comic book adaptation of the novel created by novelist Rio Youers and artist Alison Sampson. The series is scheduled for an early-2020 releas...
Sleeping Beauty. Once upon a time, there lived a King and a Queen, who said every day: "If only we had a child!”. After many years, their wish came true, and a baby girl was born. Oh, how happy they were! They shared their joy by inviting seven wise fairies to the palace. When the fairies sat down to eat, they each found a gift made of gold ...
Dec 27, 2017 · Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Owen King (Goodreads Author) Reviewed by Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* Jones Sep 06, 2017 liked it bookshelves: 2017, favourite-author, 3-star, contemporary-fiction,fantasy, own EXCERPT: The Avon Lady who was not the Avon Lady walked away from the trailer and back toward the meth lab.
Aug 28, 2018 · Review: Sleeping Beauties. I have just finished with a three-week buddy read of Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties, a 700-page dystopian novel that this father and son duo published last fall. I chose it as an extra through Book of the Month Club a while back, and it’s so nice to have the longest book from my backlog now crossed ...
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Jul 22, 2019 · IT, when it first came out in the early 90s, was perhaps one of the most successful miniseries that has been created. Sleeping Beauties could be the same, though if it was brought to the big ...
