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    The Runaway
    The Runaway
    The Runaway
    Audiobook15 hours

    The Runaway

    Written by Terry Kay

    Narrated by Dick Hill

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    About this audiobook

    Tom and Son Jesus spend their days dreaming, fishing , and trying to escape work.  But their fun comes to an abrupt halt when they discover a human bone, which later turns out to be part of the skeletal remains of Son Jesus' long missing father.  As sheriff Frank Rucker, a World War II hero, begins an investigation into remains, he unmasks the racially motivated killer known only as Pegleg.  The sheriff's findings divide the people of Overton County, forcing a surprising conclusion —or beginning of justice.

    Set in the 1940's and using the relationships of two boys—one black and the other white—as a  springboard for the begining of desegregation in the South, The Runaway examines the joys, sorrows, conflicts, and racial disharmony of their historical biased environment.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMar 14, 2008
    ISBN9781423353454
    The Runaway
    Author

    Terry Kay

    Terry Kay's novels include Taking Lottie Home, The Runaway, Shadow Song, and the now-classic To Dance with the White Dog, twice nominated for the American Booksellers Book of the Year Award, and winner of the Southeastern Library Association Book of the Year Award. Terry Kay has been married for 44 years and has four children and seven grandchildren. He lives in Athens, Georgia.

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    • 4/5
      Really good book. There were parts of it that didn't make sence to me especially towards the end. One of those books that in places you had to read between the lines as it wasn't just spelled out for you and I just couldn't get what was said. left me with unanswered questions of what happened. Even know a few days after having read it I'm still thinking about it though still trying to figure it out. I saw the movie some time back and hadn't remembered that till i started reading it. Would recommended.