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One year into an unsatisfactory retirement, Howard Woods learns of his wife s decades-old betrayal. In response, Howard upends his well-ordered life and, to the dismay of his family, announces his intention of traveling to Pamplona, Spain for the annual running of the bulls. Now miserably committed to a course of his own choosing but with little idea of how to achieve the resolution he desires, he ends up living at a Holiday Inn. How does a middle-aged man of the Eisenhower era survive in the age of cell phones and the Internet? The answer is hilarious and achingly poignant.
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"As sure and accomplished as anything she has written."--Bangor Daily News
"Running the Bulls is an intriguing coming of age character study in which an obviously intelligent grandfather learns about life as he emulates his childhood heroes especially Hemingway... This bittersweet portrait is family drama at its realistic best as Cathie Pelletier provides a potent and poignant portrayal of the frailty of relationships." --MBR Bookwatch
"Pelletier's lively writing style is rich in imagery and humor . . . I like her spirited defense of Ernest Hemingway."--Maine Sunday Telegram
"Memorable characters . . . they showcase Pelletier's gift for keen and touching observations of the mundane dark matter of suburban life."--Down East
"Cathie Pelletier's characters are as sharp and sassy as ever, and as wondrously eccentric....A Pelletier novel is such a joy to read." - Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Light in the Ruins
"Masterful work...subversive, humorous, and heartbreaking." - Publishers Weekly
"Nobody walks the knife-edge of hilarity and heartbreak more confidently than Cathie Pelletier. In Running the Bulls she's at her skillful, sure-footed best." - Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls
"That master juggler of literary tears and laughter is at it again: Cathie Pelletier's Running the Bulls is a ribald, ruminating, and redemptive read." - Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone
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"Running the Bulls is an intriguing coming of age character study in which an obviously intelligent grandfather learns about life as he emulates his childhood heroes especially Hemingway... This bittersweet portrait is family drama at its realistic best as Cathie Pelletier provides a potent and poignant portrayal of the frailty of relationships." --MBR Bookwatch
"Pelletier's lively writing style is rich in imagery and humor . . . I like her spirited defense of Ernest Hemingway."--Maine Sunday Telegram
"Memorable characters . . . they showcase Pelletier's gift for keen and touching observations of the mundane dark matter of suburban life."--Down East
"Cathie Pelletier's characters are as sharp and sassy as ever, and as wondrously eccentric....A Pelletier novel is such a joy to read." - Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Light in the Ruins
"Masterful work...subversive, humorous, and heartbreaking." - Publishers Weekly
"Nobody walks the knife-edge of hilarity and heartbreak more confidently than Cathie Pelletier. In Running the Bulls she's at her skillful, sure-footed best." - Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls
"That master juggler of literary tears and laughter is at it again: Cathie Pelletier's Running the Bulls is a ribald, ruminating, and redemptive read." - Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone
CATHIE PELLETIER is the award-winning author of nine novels, including The Funeral Makers (New York Times Book Review Notable Book), The Weight of Winter (winner of the New England Book Award) and Running the Bulls (winner of the Paterson Prize for Fiction). As K. C. McKinnon, she has written two novels, both of which became television films. She lives in Allagash, Maine, in the family homestead where she was born.
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- Publication date2014
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- ISBN 13 9781402294846
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