{"product_id":"run-9780061340642","title":"Run","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Engaging, surprising, provocative and moving...a thoroughly intelligent book, an intimate domestic drama that nonetheless deals with big issues touching us all: religion, race, class, politics and, above all else, family.\" \u003cem\u003e-- Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Ann Patchett comes an engrossing story of one family on one fateful night in Boston where secrets are unlocked and new bonds are formed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle have been raised by their loving possessive and ambitions father. As the former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle wants to see is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet over a period of twenty-four hours, \u003cem\u003eRun\u003c\/em\u003e 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 an in her bestselling novel, \u003cem\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/em\u003e, Ann Patchett illustrates the humanity that connects disparate lives, weaving several stories into one surprising and endlessly moving narrative. Suspenseful and stunningly executed, \u003cem\u003eRun\u003c\/em\u003e is ultimately a novel about secrets, duty, responsibility, and the lengths we will go to protect our children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.44w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061340642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2008 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatchett, Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Patchett \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of novels, most recently the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling \u003cem\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/em\u003e, works of nonfiction, and children's books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN\/Faulkner, the Women's Prize for Fiction in the UK, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Dutch House\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43088246145139,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ac3d1dbd-ea3e-4f0b-93a6-6ce852f9e913.jpg?v=1748973565","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/run-9780061340642","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}