Lisey's Story
Published: 24, October 2006
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Classic, Fiction, Ghost, Horror, Media Tie-In, Occult, Psychological, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller
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Summary
Lisey's Story tells the story of Lisey Landon, the widow of Scott Landon, a well-known and highly successful author.
The novel recounts two stories: Lisey's present-day tale and the story of her late husband's life, as recounted by Lisey throughout the novel.
It's been two years since acclaimed novelist Scott Landon died, and his wife Lisey is still clearing up her husband's writing space.
Many scholars have approached her in the last two years, expecting to unearth some piece of literature she may have overlooked, such as an unpublished manuscript.
Lisey has sent each of them away in turn, stating that she is still working through the clean-up, but her lack of progress is more indicative of procrastination.
Amanda, her mentally ill sister, spends a day with her, leafing through stacks of books and periodicals, marking any images in which Lisey appears or is referenced.
Lisey starts reliving her past; beginning with the moment she stopped Scott from being fatally shot by an insane fan.
She frequently pauses herself in the middle of reminiscing to avoid unearthing scary memories.
Amanda suffers from catatonia after learning that her ex-husband has remarried and is relocating back to town.
Lisey hears her sister speaking in Scott's voice before admitting Amanda to a facility, telling her that he has arranged a "bool" search with a prize at the end.
One day, she receives a distressing phone call from a guy purporting to be Zack McCool, threatening that if Lisey does not pass over Scott's paperwork to a professor she had recently kicked out, he, Zack, will be obliged to punish her.
His next move will be to place a menacing note and a dead cat in her mailbox. At this point, Lisey informs the authorities, who can only provide her with a patrol car stationed near her home until an emergency occurs elsewhere.
Zack is unafraid, and he ultimately sneaks onto her property and mutilates her with a can opener.
Throughout the novel, Lisey is forced to confront some facts about her spouse that she had previously repressed and forgotten.
She remembers Scott's past—how he came from a family with a history of horrible mental illness that manifested as either an uncontrollable homicidal mania or a deep catatonia, how he had a special gift, the ability to transport himself to another world, which he called "Boo'ya Moon," with its own unique dangers, how Scott Landon's brother Paul was killed by their father when, at thirteen, Paul succumbed to the family.
Lisey is able to draw Amanda out of her catatonia, transport Zack to the other side, and lead him to his gory end at the claws of a violent world-crossing beast that patrols the forest of Boo'ya Moon using her own repressed power to cross across.
The prize at the conclusion of the quest is a journal documenting Scott's final days with his family, concluding with Scott Landon's confession that he was compelled to kill his own father in order to spare him from the madness that had finally taken over.
Lisey is able to pack and give up Scott's belongings over the next week since she now feels he has moved on.
Now Lisey struggles to stay anchored in this world, frequently slipping back to Boo'ya Moon in her dream and sometimes while awake.
The novel concludes with her bidding farewell to Scott in the now-empty study.
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