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- Years after the traumatizing events at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance is now an alcoholic struggling to find a job. He moves to a small town in New Hampshire and becomes "Doctor Sleep". He then meets Abra Stone, a teenager with the brightest shine he's ever seen.
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[1] The novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was released on November 8, 2019, in the United States. Plot. Following the events of The Shining, after receiving a settlement from the owners of the Overlook Hotel, Danny Torrance remains psychologically traumatized as his mother Wendy slowly recovers from her injuries.
- Stephen King
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- 2013
- September 24, 2013
Summaries. Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance.
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Following the events of The Shining, Danny remains psychologically traumatized, while Wendy, his mother, slowly recovers from her injuries. Angry ghosts from the Overlook Hoteleventually find Danny, including the woman from Room 217. Chef Hallorann eventually teaches Danny how to imprison the ghosts in lock boxes inside his mind.The adult Dan repri...
King told an audience at the Canon Theatre in Toronto that the story will concern the character of Danny Torrance, who "is now 40 years old and living in upstate New York, where he works as the equ...
The True Knot has "company towns" (small towns relying entirely on one large business that employs a majority of the population.) A list of examples includes Jerusalem's Lot, Sidewinder (the town nearest to the Overlook Hotel, also included in Misery and American Vampire.) A number of unnamed but specific locations are also included in this list, i...
It is currently the first and only Stephen King book, to be a sequel, to it's predecessor, excluding Black House which was written by both King and Peter Straub.Despite being a sequel to The Shining, apart from the first part, there is little to do with the themes and story of The Shining, with the Overlook Hotel not appearing and only being mentioned and..."Stephen King planning possible sequel to The Shining""Stephen King reading from new unpublished book!""Plot Details Revealed for Stephen King's 'The Shining' Sequel Novel"Plot. After his family's 1980 ordeal at the Overlook Hotel, the traumatized Dan Torrance is followed by its ghostly inhabitants seeking his "shining". The ghost of Dick Hallorann teaches him how to capture the ghosts in psychic lockboxes. By 2011, Dan has become an alcoholic to suppress his abilities.
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Sep 24, 2013 · In Doctor Sleep we find out that Dan is now a middle aged recovering alcoholic, who works in a hospice, earning himself the nickname Doctor Sleep, due to his ability to comfort and ease the pain of the dying. Dan meets Abra Stone, a girl with the most powerful shine he's ever seen!
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Book Summary. On highways across America, a tribe of people called the True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, the True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the steam that children with the ...
Jan 21, 2020 · Image via Warner Bros. At the end of the Doctor Sleep movie, the adult Danny Torrance ( Ewan McGregor )—son of Jack Torrance—has reunited with gifted youngster Abra ( Kyleigh Curran) after a...
