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 Bloomsbury presents Run by Ann Patchett, read by Peter Francis James.

‘Enthralling' Observer
‘A spectacular read' Sunday Express
'An award-winning writer at the top of her game' Telegraph

A moving story of overlapping lives from the Orange Prize-winning author of Bel Canto

Tip and Teddy are becoming men under the very eyes of their adoptive father, Bernard Doyle. A student at Harvard, Tip is happiest in a lab, whilst Teddy thinks he has found his calling in the Church, and both are increasingly strained by their father's protective plans for them.

But when they are involved in an accident on an icy road, the Doyles are forced to confront certain truths about their lives, how the death of Doyle's wife Bernadette has affected the family, and an anonymous figure who is always watching...©2023 Ann Patchett (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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I love Ann Patchett’s writing and this was a great story. The narrator rendered the different characters well. The interview with the author was very interesting and an added bonus. The only thing I disliked was the musical interludes - totally unnecessary, in style not at all in keeping with the narrative, and jarring.

Wonderful

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I read this novel after finishing The Dutch House, my first Ann Patchet book. I'd remembered thinking what a thumping good storytelling it had been (perhaps the narration had a great deal to do with that).
Here, with Run, I felt an underlying irritation, a sense of "Just get on with it!". If I say anymore, I'll be guilty of writing spoilers.
...for a story to stand out, it has to be compelling. This novel was good, it was not compelling

Hmmmm?

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I didn’t know anything much about this book or its author when I selected it. I was looking for a novel set in Boston and I was drawn in by the excerpt. I found myself really hooked by the narrative and the characters throughout. It’s a riveting story and so sensitive as a depiction of family. I heartily recommend it. It was read excellently too.

What a brilliant story

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I really enjoyed the book and the narrator was good but the music between chapters I found really intrusive. Please just the story.

Please no music

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Loved the book and how well it was read.
EXTREMELY irritated by the ridiculous music which does not fit with the mood and e en blocks out the performers words.

Superb, well crafted story.

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