Run: A Novel

This book is beautifully written and so surprising after reading Bel Canto - she has tremendous range.

GREAT book about mothers! Mothering from every angle -- birth mothers, adoptive mothers, fathers who mother. So many mother angles coming together to make a difference in the life of a girl.

Ann Patchett is a master. In an interview she said that the book is about politics, but I agreed with the interviewer, that it is about family with politics being a thread connecting the tale, as well as class and race. As with Bel Canto, the characterization is superb. Wonderful!

A lovely book. Not much action, but a gentle story about love, family, friendship and what's important in life.