Run [SIGNED COPY, FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Patchett, Ann

ISBN 10: 0747591148 / ISBN 13: 9780747591146

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2007

About this Item

Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). 1st UK edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Slight edgewear and moisture marks to dust jacket. Mild shelfwear to bottoms of boards. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. By the Orange Prize-and Pen/Faulkner Award-winning author of 'Bel Canto' and 'State of Wonder'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

Seller Inventory # Alibris.0004168

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Run [SIGNED COPY, FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747591148
• ISBN 13: 9780747591146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK edition,
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

From Goodreads: 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.

About the Author

Ann Patchett is the author of six novels and three books of nonfiction. She has won many prizes, including Britain's Orange Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Prize, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the co-owner of Parnassus Books.