In the Long Run: A Father, a Son, and Unintentional Lessons in Happiness

Axelrod, Jim

ISBN 10: 0374192111 / ISBN 13: 9780374192112

Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2011

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304 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0374192111

Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Long Run: A Father, a Son, and Unintentional Lessons in Happiness
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374192111
• ISBN 13: 9780374192112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.52 kilograms

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Synopsis

It€™s 2008. Jim Axelrod€”once among the most watched correspondents on network news and the first television reporter to broadcast from Saddam International Airport in 2003€”is covering the final stages of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He€™s forty-five years old and thirty pounds overweight. He€™s drinking too much, sleeping too little, and scarcely seeing his family. He€™s just figured out that the industry that pulled him up the corporate ladder is imploding as he€™s reaching for its final rungs. Then, out of the blue, Jim discovers his late father€™s decades-old New York Marathon finish times. At forty-six, Bob Axelrod ran a 3:29:58. With everything else going on in his life, Jim sets himself a defining challenge: €śCan I beat him?€ť So begins a deeply felt, often hilarious, quixotic effort to run the 2009 New York Marathon. Along the way, Jim confronts his listing marriage, a care

About the Author

Jim Axelrod, a national correspondent for CBS News, previously served as chief White House correspondent.