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Harper
October 2007
On Sale: September 25, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 0061340634
EAN: 9780061340635
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Multicultural African-American
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.
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