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The Gingerbread Girl

	The Gingerbread Girl Stephen King Simon & Schuster Audio, 2008 average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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In the emotional aftermath of her baby's sudden death, Em starts running. Soon she runs from her husband, to the airport, down to the Florida Gulf and out to the loneliest stretch of Vermillion Key, where her father has offered the use of a conch shack he has kept there for years. Em keeps up her running -- barefoot on the beach, sneakers on the road -- and sees virtually no one. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences. Will Em be next?

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Stephen King Gingerbread Girl

It is a two hour story - one disk. I enjoyed the story. I love Stephen King's books/audios ;-)

Stephen King's The Gingerbread Girl - CD

Another great book by Stephen King. However, this was my first encounter with books on CD and I found it to be a very satisfying experience. Mare Winningham did a commendable job with the read.

Too short - waaaayyyy too short

This is decent little tale by King. He sure knows how to put knots in the belly via suspense. As with all of Kings short stories I'm left wanting more.
This abbreviated yarn is about a lady who's driven to run. She's lost a child and to fill in the empty hole, she runs. She runs out of her current life sans house and hubby and goes to live in a conch shack on a nearly deserted Key in Florida. Here she comes face to face with evil and must summon from the strength her running has built in her to escape.
One can never trust King not to "off" a main character so the tension continues to the end. Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Girl.....but can he????...bg

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The Gingerbread Girl
This is the latest short story written by Stephen King and Narrated by Mare Winningham. This is not the all out horror one might expect from King, but instead is really more of a psychological thriller. I did not care for the narration overly much, but I did not hate it either. I am also not much of a fan of Ms. Winningham's, so that may be why. I did enjoy the story and I am always delighted to have more King material to read/listen to.
I think King stepped a bit away from his usual style in the writing of this piece, and though I love his normal style, I enjoyed this new evolution too. I think it is going to please new and old King fans alike, and maybe even bring a few more into the fold.

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Okay But Nothing Special

I love audiobooks and especially short story audiobooks because they can be consumed so quickly. The Gingerbread Girl is better than King's Stationary Bike but not as good as Riding the Bullet or some of his efforts in Everything's Eventual.

Gingerbread Girl has a lot of focus on "exercise/getting in shape" (a common King theme since his accident, see also Stationary Bike and Duma Key). It is also less supernatural and more of a classic thriller. It is pretty gripping once it gets going. However, I didn't really connect much to the female character, so I didn't feel as invested as I should have been. For the recording, Mare Winningham does an okay job. Her voice can be a little plain at times.

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