Faithful [Unabridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Stewart O'Nan (Author), Stephen King (Author), Ron McLarty (Narrator), Adam Grupper (Narrator)

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Recorded Books; Unabridged edition (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419327119
• ISBN-13: 978-1419327117
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (102 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,476,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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54 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR SOX FANS, December 3, 2004

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (Hardcover)

As a Detroiter, I am truly happy for Sox Fans...I know how happy we hockey Fans were when the Red Wings won their first Stanley cup in 48 years back in 1997...I can only imagine what sox fans felt waiting over 80 years!

I've had the opportunity to meet Stephen King..Oddly enough here in Detroit as he was following his Red Sox on a road trip. We talked for about 15 minutes and he wanted to talk more about the Sox than his books! That was about 15 years ago and he's remained a truly passionate fan.

This book with his daily journal is really a hoot to read. It's kind of cool to see a guy who's a millionaire many tims over agaonizing over his favorite sports team just like the guy on the assembly line in the Ford plant.

King paints a picture filled with hope yet covered with a layer pessimism that only one who has seen so many dashed hopes can ever relate to. The missives back and forth between King and O' Nan, discussing stats and performances like a couple of fan boys was so fun to read. It's serendipitous too that this, the most significant and eventful season in Red Sox history, was the one King and O'Nan happened to chronicle. It had more tortuous (often torturous) story lines and plot points than either novelist could hope to devise - from the team's promising start to its maddening mid-season mediocrity to its overpowering win streak that annihilated the wild-card competition to its monumental post-season comeback.

What a read. Enjoy it Sox fans!

74 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why we love baseball, December 2, 2004

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Dr. Emil "Tom" Shuffhausen (Central Gulf Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (Hardcover)

Bear with me for a second here...I am not really a Red Sox fan. At least, I wasn't until the playoffs. Naturally, being a good American, I rooted for the Sox against the "Evil Empire," and I was worried about them when they were down 0-3. As they began their amazing comeback, I felt myself being swept under their spell and by the time they went into the Series, I had gone out and bought myself a nice "B" ballcap. This book captures all of the joy and magic that the Red Sox gave to ALL baseball fans (except for a few diehard fans of the Yanks and Cards). Let's face it...stories like the Red Sox in '04 are why we love baseball. It's the stuff of legends. Yeah, sure, the overpaid billionaires on the Yankees might win the Series every other year, but all of their victories combined aren't as special as that of the Sox this year. My team didn't make it to the Series this year, but thanks to the Red Sox, I had something to really cheer about. Steven King and Stewart O'Nan provide giddy, partisan commentary that perfectly reflects the hopes, fears, frustrations, and triumphs of this franchise and their fans. I read a pretty hateful review of this book from a Yankee fan who apparently can't handle the truth, but speaking as an * objective * fan of baseball at large, I can tell you that most of the country was pretty thrilled at the Red Sox and their victories, especially over the Yankees. Hey, the Cardnials are a great franchise also, but this was the year of the Sox, and this book gives underdogs everywhere cause to cheer. If you love baseball and great sportswriting, pick it up.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Faithful not just for Red Sox Fans., June 27, 2005

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Rachel M. Stenberg (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season (Hardcover)

I have been a Red Sox fan as long as I can remember. Moving out of New England years back, I still follow the Sox and ecstatic was not even the word when I saw Foulke throw the ball to first to record the final out. And I got to relieve this memory and more in Faithful. What I loved about the book is not only did it follow the games, it followed the life of two other Sox fans and how it can be all-consuming to be a part of "Red Sox Nation" I loved that even though Stephen King is a famous author he still gets excited by his idols and wants autographs and other memorabilia just like little kids. Being a Sox fan is not easy at times and they showed the angst and anxiety that comes along with the job. But I bet if they had to do it over again, they would not change being a Sox fan for anything. And neither would I.