June Book Discussion: "Run" by Ann Patchett

This month our book discussion leader, Donna Diamond, has selected Run by Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto, Truth & Beauty: a friendship and The Patron Saint of Liars.

Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post Book World has called Run "engaging, surprising, provocative, and moving; 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."

Praise for Run and Ann Patchett continues as the book jacket describes the story: "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 cares about is his ability to keep his children-all his children-safe."

Our discussion of Run should prove to be as interesting as that of Bel Canto several years ago.