About the Book:
Early in 2004, two writers and Red Sox fans, Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King, decided to chronicle the upcoming season, one of the most hotly anticipated in baseball history. They would sit together at Fenway. They would exchange emails. They would write about the games. As it happened, they would also witness the greatest comeback ever in sports and the first Red Sox championship in eighty-six years. What began as a Sox-filled summer like any other became a fan’s notes for the ages. And now, ten years later, this special edition will allow fans everywhere to relive that magical season one more time. Faithful: The 10th Anniversary Special Edition is the debut title from Books to Benefit, a new specialty press that works with bestselling authors to publish collectible Limited Edition books to raise funds and awareness for good causes.
Special Bonus Features:
Includes the essays “It’s Weird But True: The Gloom is Gone in Mudville” by Stephen King and “Love Train” by Stewart O’Nan, which did not appear in the original hardcover.
This Book Benefited:
Thirty percent of the retail price from this special edition was donated to The Haven Foundation and to The Jimmy Fund. The Haven Foundation gives financial assistance to provide temporary support needed to safeguard and sustain the careers of established freelance artists. The authors also support cancer care and research organizations such as The Jimmy Fund in Boston, Massachusetts. You can donate directly to The Haven Foundation via their website and to The Jimmy Fund via their website.
About Books to Benefit:
Books to Benefit publishes collectible special edition books to raise funds for non-profits, charities, and foundations.
Limitation Information:
• Signed & Traycased Deluxe Hardcover Lettered Edition: Limited to a one-time printing of only 26 hand-lettered copies signed by Stewart O’Nan, printed on a high quality acid free paper stock and featuring a hand-bound “three piece” binding with a special Japanese book cloth and a fine leather, two-color printing throughout the book, a sewn-in ribbon page marker, illustrated endpapers, housed in a deluxe hand-made custom Maple slipcase, and featuring a baseball card signed by a Red Sox player ($750)
About the Authors:
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller as well as the Best Hardcover Book Award from the International Thriller Writers Association. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Stewart O’Nan’s award-winning fiction includes Snow Angels, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Emily, Alone. Granta named him one of America’s Best Young Novelists. He lives in Pittsburgh.