Unanswered question *spoilers*

[dwalters]

I just finished reading Gerald's Game for the first time, and as with Insomnia, it left me with some unanswered questions. At two points in the story, Jessie has a vision of a gray haired lady kneeling on the ground and peering through a hole in some wooden boards with her slip puddled on the ground beside her. Although he drops a few hints, Sai King never really comes right out and explains who she is, what exactly happened to her, or what the connection is between her and Jessie. I'm just curious what some of you who have read this book thought about that. Any ideas/theories?

[Moderator]

Actually he does, but not in that book. If you read Dolores Claiborne, it will make more sense.

[JRM]

Yeah, I was confused about that, too. But I do own Dolores Clairborne, so if the mod's right, I'll expect the answer when I start reading that book.

That being said, I wish King would just answer big questions in the actual books, lol.

[Boni]

Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game are from an anthology called "In the Path of the Eclipse", the answes you don't find in one of the books, you'll find in the other.

[MrsMarsten]

I read Delores Claiborne first, and totally grasped what SK was getting at.

[jchanic]

Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne were not actually part of an anthology. What I read that King had envisioned was that they would be part of an omnibus which had both books, titled In the Path of the Eclipse. That book never came out.

John

[lomawood]

Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game are from an anthology called "In the Path of the Eclipse", the answes you don't find in one of the books, you'll find in the other.

It's like Desperation and The Regulators, right?

[bopropadop]

It's like Desperation and The Regulators, right?

Other than in the sense that one book was written with the other in mind, they're different. Desperation and The Regulators share common character names but the characters are different in each, as are the stories. The only consistent common factor between the two is the evil "god" Tak.

Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne are also separate stories which share a common sub-theme ( child abuse ) and in which the main characters share a mental link during an eclipse.

[Kmart85]

Just as pretty much everyone else has said, Jessie's "vision" of the woman with gray hair, is actually Dolores Claiborne.
It is in a way a 2 part series considering they both fill in some details of what happened that day for both of them, but at the same time, they are definitely 2 completely different stories.
I breezed through both books in a matter of 3 days!! I just couldn't put them down! I can't wait to read more compelling stories by SK.

[dwalters]

Thanks to all for the responses. I've since read Dolores Claiborne and really enjoyed it. I know King likes to give little nods to some of his other works within his different stories, but usually it's a case where you simply notice it if you've read the other work, whereas in these two stories it kind of gives you a "what-was-that-about" feeling. That's not to say that both books weren't great but it was just a little confusing at first. Thanks again!