Run

by Ann Patchett | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0061363936 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingSqueakyChuwing of Rockville, Maryland USA on 4/4/2016
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Journal Entry 1 by wingSqueakyChuwing from Rockville, Maryland USA on Monday, April 4, 2016
I selected this book from the Little Free Library #9867 - 121 Forest Drive in Catonsville, Maryland USA. Thank you very much!

Journal Entry 2 by wingSqueakyChuwing at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Friday, August 5, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (8/6/2016 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I'm releasing this book for the following BookCrossing challenge:

*** The August 2016 One Word Title Release Challenge hosted by booklady331.

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Happy reading!

Journal Entry 3 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, August 23, 2016
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to give to a friend.

Journal Entry 4 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (8/23/2016 UTC) at Rockville, Maryland USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I gave this book to my friend from Catonsville, Maryland, USA.

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Happy reading!

Journal Entry 5 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Caught!

Thank you for returning this book to me. I'll be saving it for rerelease in the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720).

Journal Entry 6 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, July 17, 2018
I read this book in 2017. This is what I wrote after I read it...

This was a lovely book. It is made up of so many emotionally wringing parts - family, parenthood, relationships between siblings, parent's desires for their children, the reality of loss, fulfilling one's own dreams versus the dreams of one's parents, the need to be politically involved, race relations, and even more.

The story begins with the death of Bernadette, Doyle's wife. We learn than Doyle, a former mayor wants his two younger adopted sons, both black siblings who were taken into his white family, to make a career of politics. Neither Tip, the older one, wanted to do this because his love was ichthyology (the science of fishes) nor did Teddy, the younger son, because he wanted to go into the clergy. The story gets more complicated as we are introduced to Doyle's oldest son Sullivan and the birth mother of Tip and Teddy.

One of the things I most loved about this book was the tenderness the characters felt for each other. I think every family has its stresses, and it is comforting to see these stresses resolved when family members work hard at it.

My favorite chapter of this novel was the one in which Tennessee's dead friend comes to visit her in the hospital room. Those two had an especially lengthy and heartwarming conversation showing the depth of their friendship.

Ann Patchett has really surprised me. I didn't much care for her first novel Bel Canto which almost put me to sleep reading it. I then became very intrigued with her novel State of Wonder. Since reading Run, I've definitely become a fan of her work and look forward to reading more of her novels in the future.

Journal Entry 7 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (7/17/2018 UTC) at Rockville, Maryland USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I'm releasing this book to BookCrosser SweetBabyJane. Enjoy the book!

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Journal Entry 8 by Sweetbabyjane at Derwood, Maryland USA on Friday, January 17, 2020
Rec'd from SqueakyChu. Adding to my pile of Ann Patchett books I haven't read so far.

Journal Entry 9 by Sweetbabyjane at Derwood, Maryland USA on Monday, September 28, 2020
Going into our LFL 911-34.

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