{"product_id":"0061340642-run_p-_s","title":"Run (P.S.)","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a winter evening in Boston and the temperature has drastically dropped as a blizzard approaches the city. On this fateful night, Bernard Doyle plans to meet his two adopted sons, Tip the older, and more serious and Teddy, the affectionate dreamer, at a Harvard auditorium to hear a speech given by Jesse Jackson. Doyle, an Irish Catholic and former Boston mayor, has done his best to keep his two sons interested in politics, from the day he and his now deceased wife became their parents, through their childhoods, and now in their lives as college students. Though the two boys are African-American, the bonds of the family's love have never been tested. But as the snow begins to falls, an accident triggers into motion a series of events that will forever change their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is at its very center, a novel about what truly defines family and the lengths we will go to protect our children. As she did in her bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/i\u003e, Patchett beautifully weaves together seemingly disparate lives to show how intimately humans can connect. Stunning and powerful, \u003ci\u003eRun\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to engage any Patchett fan and bring her even more admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e\nThe Washington Post - Jonathan Yardley\n\u003cp\u003eThis fifth novel by the author of the much-admired \u003ci\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/i\u003e is engaging, surprising, provocative and moving. Its force is diminished somewhat by a couple of extended passages in which Ann Patchett resorts to conversation rather than action to fill in some of her plot's holes, but these are minor annoyances in what is otherwise 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery, Thriller \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrillers \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eCrime\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":49058580332734,"sku":"0061340642-3","price":13.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/717CdJYY0eL.jpg?v=1789671312","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0061340642-run_p-_s","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}