Bram Stoker Award Best Novel Winner
Bag of Bones
by Stephen King
Summary
Bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, paralyzed by grief and writer's block after his wife dies suddenly, retreats to their lakeside summer house in western Maine called Sara Laughs. There he is drawn into a custody battle over a young girl and uncovers a buried town secret tied to a vengeful ghost and a long ago crime. King blends a tender ghost story with a meditation on grief, marriage, and the loneliness of writing, earning wide praise as one of his most emotionally mature novels.
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Historical Context & Significance
The novel won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel and was adapted into a 2011 television miniseries starring Pierce Brosnan as Mike Noonan.