|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Books : Run |
|
List Price: $25.95Amazon.com's Price: $18.43 You Save: $7.52 (29%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061340635
ISBN: 0061340634
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: September 25, 2007
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Sales Rank: 48206
Studio: Harper
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Since their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle have been raised by their loving, possessive, and ambitious father. As the former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle wants to see his sons in politics, a dream the boys have never shared. But when an argument in a blinding New England snowstorm inadvertently causes an accident that involves a stranger and her child, all Bernard Doyle cares about is his ability to keep his children—all his children—safe.
Set over a period of twenty-four hours, Run takes us from the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard to a home for retired Catholic priests in downtown Boston. It shows us how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexist only blocks apart from each other, and how family can include people you've never even met. As in her bestselling novel Bel Canto, Ann Patchett illustrates the humanity that connects disparate lives, weaving several stories into one surprising and endlessly moving narrative. Suspenseful and stunningly executed, Run is ultimately a novel about secrets, duty, responsibility, and the lengths we will go to protect our children.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - the best
Ann Patchett is an extraordinary writer, and "Run" is an incredible book. I read it quickly once, because the story was engrossing, and then slowly the second time, to savour the writing. I've given to several friends and relatives.
Rating:  - Much Better Than Originally Thought
I started Run by Ann Patchett a year ago...but for some reason I couldn't get pass the prologue. The prologue just did nothing for me. And while I gave away tons of books during the year...I didn't give this one away. For some reason, I just believed that I would get to it during the year. I'm glad I kept it. Due to the favorable reviews expressed by BBAW participants, I decided to pick it up again. I'm glad I did because this has easily become one of my favorite books for 2008. Listed below ... Read More
Rating: - GREAT story!
Tip and Teddy will steal your heart. They are two adopted boys that lose their adoptive mother when they are very young. Watch the story unfold as the birthmother comes back into the picture.
Great character development! You will really feel as if you are there!
Rating:  - Well-written, but not Bel Canto
I enjoyed this book, especiallyu its evocation of Boston in winter and its well-developed, sypathetic characters. But somehow tension never develops and the story seems strangely flat. I found myself empathizing intellectually, but not emotionally. My head was engaged, but my heart felt unmoved. Bel Canto felt altogethr more compelling. But this is a good read, with lively, clear, and readable prose.
Rating:  - Just couldn't get into this book
I have read other works by Ann Patchett and enjoyed them, but Run left me as cold as the wintery environment in which it is set. It is the story of a Boston politician who has two adopted African American sons, and what happens after they inadvertently discover their birth mother and biological sister. The characters were well drawn but their story did not engage me as I had hoped it would and it was a real slog to get to the unsatisfying ending of the book. I would Patchett's prior novel Bel Canto ... Read More
Browse for similar items by category:
|
|
|
|
|
Shopping with us is
100% safe. In association with Amazon.com
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Books
