Run
by:
Ann Patchett (author)
A snowstorm; a traffic accident; two families come together unexpectedly. From such random conjunctions, Ann Patchett weaves an intricate novel about family, parental love, and loss. The author of Bel Canto has fashioned a fiction that has all the warmth of her memoir Truth and Beauty. A...
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A snowstorm; a traffic accident; two families come together unexpectedly. From such random conjunctions, Ann Patchett weaves an intricate novel about family, parental love, and loss. The author of Bel Canto has fashioned a fiction that has all the warmth of her memoir Truth and Beauty. A gracefully written book.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061363931 (0061363936)
Publish date: September 25th 2007
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Parenting,
Family,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Adoption
This is a slice of life drama about a mixed race family - the two young men, Tip and Teddy, are great characters, and the young girl, Kenya, is also a very attractive voice in the novel. I did think Sullivan was wasted though, and he should have had a much greater part in the story. I would read a w...
I think, mostly, Run is a book about family. Not family based on blood ties, the Doyles are largely a family created through adoption, but rather, family as created by love ties. That's what makes it compelling and why I stuck with it to the end. Of course, Ann Patchett is an excellent writer and he...
I liked this book. Like others have said, it's not always a believable book, but that's why I like reading so much, it's an escape from reality! There are strong family elements here, studies on the reaction to loss, breaking free from parental expectations and how to react in a crisis. My big com...
Patchett has great turns of phrase; she manages to write books that are compelling and also contain pretty prose. However, this felt like she was just stretching too far. On page 43 when it is clear that Kenya knows the boys, I immediately thought, "Oh God, it is their mother." I was relieved a fe...
Meh.I so wanted to love this but there wasn't enough there to love. Was it an exercise in showing how banal and self-interested people are? The only truly interesting person in the story was the oldest brother, so naturally, his character and development were the least explored.On a side note, I lis...
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