

The Runaway
Author: Terry Kay
Narrator: Dick Hill
Unabridged: 14 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 03/14/2008
Categories: Fiction
Author: Terry Kay
Narrator: Dick Hill
Unabridged: 14 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 03/14/2008
Categories: Fiction
Terry Kay is the bestselling author of Taking Lottie Home. His previous novels, To Dance with the White Dog and The Runaway, were Hallmark Hall of Fame presentations. He lives in the Atlanta area.
The listed description of this hardcover edition is not correct. I'm reviewing The Runaway by Terry Kay, the story of an unusual friendship between two boys in the Deep South in the aftermath of WWII. The book is reminiscent of Mark Twain and Harper Lee in its subject, but with its own twist about a......more
I think overall Terry Kay is a wonderful writer and has a great voice and ability to make his characters live. I loved the character Tom and how reading inspired him to run away by reenacting the stories he read about; then how Kay took the theme of running away to running to promise and hope for So......more
This book jumped out at me as I was passing by a shelf of books at my In-law's beach house. My husband's maternal grandparents grew up in Royston, Georgia, where this author was born. I started reading it and only put it down to sleep and do real life,; it is one of those books that just took me in,......more
Georgia author Kay creates a post-WWII south Georgia town with an authentic feel for both the beauty and ugliness of the southern culture and land. The Runaway is a mixture of mystery, regionalism, and courtroom drama with a slight bit of awkward romance, but primarily it's a portrayal of racism in......more