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Run: A Novel 
| 60% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Harper Perennial Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-07-29 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 320 Ean: 9780061340642 Book Isbn: 0061340642  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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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 cares about is his ability to keep his children—all his children—safe. |
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Written on November 27, 2008 Summary: Too much too soon The action promised to be tight, with an accident kickstarting a chain of events over the next 24 hours that threatens to blow former mayor Bernard Doyle's pastiched family apart. Patchett aims for a commentary on the social and racial divide, albeit in a self-conscious and obvious manner. The Doyles are a mixed-race-single-parent family, with the requisite white (black sheep) son, Sullivan, and two black adopted sons, Tip and Teddy, whom foster dad has political ambitions for. The author also tries for a little bit of Toni Morrison's 'Beloved', with an overly lengthy episode involving a hospital conversation between the dead and the near-dead, as an attempt to give readers the backstory to the adopted sons' natural mother, Tennessee. The problem with this scene is that Patchett tries to plump up an otherwise flat and 'comatose' character in a rush job manner. A reasonably interesting read, which however, leaves the reader wanting to feel more connected to the characters and their motivations, and for me, a more satisfying conclusion for the wayward son, Sullivan. Written on November 13, 2008 Summary: Ann Patchett can do better than this! I really enjoyed Patron Saint of Liars and Bel Canto. This book was interesting and I liked the potential of the characters. I found Uncle Sullivan tedious at times and Tip too when he'd go on and on about fishes - but there are people like that - I just don't want to read a detailed account of his obsession. I still enjoyed the book. I liked Kenya, Teddy, and Tennessee. While some coincidence is fine, this book seemed ridiculously full of them. The book was fairly fast-paced and I wouldn't rave about it but it was still worth the time.  Written on October 24, 2008 Summary: Connections and ties I somehow had missed the publication of this book, but since I have never disliked an Ann Patchett novel, (which I can't say about every author I read) I decided to pick it up and give it a try. Found this to still be true and found Run to be a very satisfying novel. Patchett has such a good way about her. Once again, she drew me in and kept me there, for the bleak and cold 24 hours in the life of the Doyle family. The descriptions and inner workings were as good as Bel Canto, but the pace was a bit more brisk. We are all connected in ways we can never know. And we all have secrets. Characters were well depicted and continue to live in my mind well after I closed the book.  Written on October 24, 2008 Summary: Caught Up Mesmerizing, completely caught up in the lives of ALL the personalties in the story. A page turner to be sure and one I hated to end.  Written on October 22, 2008 Summary: Unrealistic plot twists I just finished reading Run for my book club. I had heard of Bel Canto by reputation so when one of our members suggested Run, I thought how bad could a book by Anne Patchett be? I was wrong. For a story that takes place over a 24 hour period, there were far too many themes -- adoption, race, politics, family relationships, issues of nature vs. nurture, religion, death and loss etc. -- none of which could be fully developed. With so many themes and such a short timeframe, there was no opportunity for the characters to be fully developed. Finally, some of the plot twists were incredibly unrealistic to the point where they diminished what Patchett was trying to accomplish. I finished the book simply because I was curious about how it would end. However, it was not worth reading. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2008-07-29 | 2008-08-12 | 2007-09-10 | 2008-06-24 | 2008-04-08 | 2007-10-16 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 320 | 656 | 272 | 256 | 400 | 304 |
| Ean | 9780061340642 | 9781400030903 | 9780802170392 | 9780812977790 | 9780345495006 | 9780316677462 |
| Book Isbn | 0061340642 | 1400030900 | 0802170390 | 0812977793 | 0345495004 | 0316677469 |
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