Actually i completely forgot about the readalong until i saw tis post on the first six chapters on her blog, book chatter so, im cheating to catch up and answering. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Buy doctor sleep by stephen king from amazons fiction books store. The sleep doctor, michael breus, phd home facebook. To this day, i remember the woman in the bathtub and the sisters in the hallway. It took him a while, but doctor sleep is the answer to that question. After a short preface that details an important interaction between young danny torrance and an ageing dick hallorann, king picks up the story some 23 years after the events at the overlook hotel, when dan is hitting rockbottom as an alcoholic.
Both are about people whose extraordinary talents draw monstrous attention when theyre children, warp their later years, and only let them regain a semblance of normality later in life. It is first and foremost the sequel to the shining. Kings latest creation offers redemption for drunks, mercy for the tortured, salvation for sinners, a world beyond for the dying, and promise for those wanting to rise above their grim pasts. Every time i check into a large hotel with interior halls, i expect to see those girls at the very end. Stephen kings shining sequel, doctor sleep the new. Doctor sleep picks up on the story of danny, the little boy with psychointuitive powers in kings famous 1977 novel, the shining. Doctor sleep by stephen king, 9781451698855, available at book depository with free delivery. He finds himself drawn to a charismatic and precocious girl, abra, who has the gift as well.
They look harmlessmostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their rvs. Buy doctor sleep shining book 2 the shining 01 by stephen king isbn. His recent work includes sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen. Overall a very well presented stephen king first edition of doctor sleep. Doctor sleep by stephen king, 9781476727653, available at book depository with free delivery. Doctor sleep is stephen kings sequel to the shining. Doctor sleep, an american horror film based on kings novel. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. I raced through the audiobook of doctor sleep, stephen kings followup to the shining, completely forgetting that i was supposed to be tweeting my thoughts as i went along.
The protagonists, abra stone and dan torrence fight evil in all forms. Just the other day, i was saying that sequels are not normally as good as the first book, well, doctor sleep completely disproved that theory. A recovering alcoholic, he struggles both with his gift, the shining, and the events at the outlook hotel. Despite its many horrors, doctor sleep is more assuredly a novel of redemption, wellearned in the end. Doctor sleep, stephen kings sequel to the shining, follows jack torrances son, dan, who is haunted by his past in more ways than one. See more ideas about doctor sleep, sleep and stephen king books. Guaranteed genuine stephen king autograph with certificate of authenticity included.
Marc weissbluth, one of the countrys leading pediatricians, overhauls his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing your childrens sleep problems, from infancy through adolescence. It makes up in suspense what it lacks in nuance, and its special effects are easy to visualize. I really enjoyed that this book was not simply a horrorthriller, but a story between good and evil. Doctor sleep, by stephen king doctor sleep is stephen kings sequel to his 1977 smash hit the shining, about a haunted hotel. He is the recipient of the 2018 pen america literary service award, the 2014 national medal of arts, and the 2003 national book foundation medal for distinguished contribution to. Doctor sleep also known as close your eyes, a british thriller film based on bells novel. Stephen king on alcoholism and returning to the shining. Michael breus is not just the sleep doctor, he is my sleep doctor. To be released in september doctor sleep takes up the story of the nowmiddle aged dan danny torrance who survived the events at the overlook hotel decades before. Doctor sleep is the 45th fulllength novel by bestselling american author, stephen king, and is the sequel to his fourth novel, the shining. On highways across america, a tribe of people called the true knot travel in search of sustenance. The instantly riveting doctor sleep picks up the story of the now middleaged dan, working at a hospice in rural new hampshire, and the very special twelveyear old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.
The book reached the first position on the new york times best seller list for print and ebook fiction combined, hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction. Doctor sleep the long awaited sequel to the shining. It far exceeded the shining, in my opinion, and has become one of my favourite king novels. His recent work includes doctor sleep and under the dome, now a major tv series. In healthy sleep habits, happy child, he explains with authority and reassurance his stepbystep.
Hardcover, ebook, audiobook first edition release date. D shares the the products he recommends for getting a better night of sleep. Ewan mcgregor will star in doctor sleep, the sequel to stephen kings the shining. Doctor sleep by stephen king, 9781444761184, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
I trust him with my patients, my viewers and my readers. Following is an excerpt from the prefatory matters section and first chapter of doctor sleep, stephen kings sequel to the shining, his 1977 thriller the 1980 film version of which famously and terrifyingly starred jack nicholson. Doctor sleep, a 2007 solo ep by rob kleiner from the band tub ring. But, this being king, theres more than one higher power. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
Presentation mode open print download current view. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel the novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was. Mcgregor will play the adult danny torrence, still haunted by the events that happened at the overlook hotel. Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining the way american gods is a sequel to anansi boys. Ewan mcgregor to star in the shining sequel doctor sleep. Let the sleep doctor teach you how to get better rest.
While attending a book signing in 1996, someone asked stephen king what became of danny torrance, the young protagonist of kings third novel the shining. Much of the book deals with both overcoming addiction through dan torrances aa involvement, and. He has spoken for me to help raise money for my charities and has educated millions of people. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Many of his books have been turned into celebrated films including misery, the. Doctor sleep is on the long side, but it tells a very quick and nimble story. It wont make you forget jack nicholson and his ax, but doctor sleep will give. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His epic works the dark tower, it, pet sematary, and doctor sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with it now the highest grossing horror film of all time.