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A Time to Run: A Novel
by Barbara Boxer (Contributor: Mary-Rose Hayes)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Chronicle Books (2005-10-20)
ISBN: 0811850439
EAN: 9780811850438
Dewy Decimal #: 813.6
Hardcover: 320 pages
SKU: T070814-5740
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: Signed by author. Like new book. Like new condition. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Written with a true insider's perspective, A Time to Run is the remarkable literary debut of United States Senator Barbara Boxer, one of the most admired and respected figures on the political scene. Senator Boxer, writing with Mary-Rose Hayes, tells an exciting tale of friendship and betrayal, idealism and pragmatism, in-fighting and public spin. The novel follows Ellen Fines from her days as a college student through romantic entanglements and a difficult marriage to a rising political star. When her husband is killed in a car accident during his campaign for the Senate, Ellen assumes his candidacy and achieves an upset victory over a political machine. On the eve of a crucial vote, past and public worlds collide when Ellen's former lover, now a journalist with strong right-wing connections, gives her sensitive documents that could either make or break her career. From hideaways deep under the U.S. Capitol to wealthy southern California ranches to the political unrest on the streets of Berkeley, lA Time to Run is a great read, and a fascinating, up-close story of power and trust.
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Customer Reviews
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Much better than I expected
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-05-26
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was a bit surprised at how much I ended up liking this book. I bought it as a "bargain book" and got more than my money's worth.
I wasn't expecting much. It started out a bit too much like "chick-lit" or romance (all about relationships, too cute, when protagonists were young). In fact, I put the book down.
I'm glad, however, that I picked it up again. The closer it got to the Senatorial election, the more that went down (especially in the last few pages) in the halls of the Capitol, the more I liked the book.
Therefore, I recommend the book without reservation, but just caution you to be patient with the beginning. Your patience will be rewarded.
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Don't Quit Your Day Job, Barbara!
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-08-26
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
In this novel, there is no "insider's knowledge of politics," it is not "what politics is reallly like," and it is not "authentic and compelling." Kirkus Reviews offers this admonishment: "Short on subtlety and insider dish." Nor is this novel "compelling, terrific, entertaining, or dramatic." It is, as Publishers Weekly mildly points out, "by-the-numbers stuff." And even with a professional co-writer, and even though this book is a seven-year labor of love - "a story I had long wanted to tell" - it is written in the style of an overwrought high-schooler.
All the liberals are smart, principled, and are dedicated and effective good-deed-doers. All the conservatives are greedy, corrupt, and yes, even evil. An intelligent, accomplished, and conservative Supreme Court nominee is implausibly naive. The story is melodramatic; the characters are two-dimensional. I had high hopes of gleaning genuine political savvy from "someone who really knows," but Boxer decided to write a pedestrian political thriller that doesn't inform or thrill.
One reviewer wrote about the sex scenes in this book. Don't get your hopes up about those, either. And now I know why Boxer, who is my senator, hasn't responded to any of my letters to her office; she and her staff have been too busy working on this novel.
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Perfect beach read for Liberals
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-03-01
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Boxer's been a hero of mine for ages, so I was kindly disposed. Great literature? No. More than competent writing, arresting storyline and characters? Sure. And I'm CERTAIN that this is the kind of thing Boxer experienced or witnessed in her political career. So read it and have fun.
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I couldn't put this book down! A MUST READ!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-02-07
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have to say I wasn't expecting much when I started this book. I was very surprised. I read it in two nights; I found it very engrossing!!! I would definitely recommend this book!
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A real politician who's not afraid to be a "good guy"
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-09-09
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Barbara Boxer tells a good story in her first novel. The three main characters are drawn in a way that you feel the tragedy of their selfish choices. Ellen allows you to believe that courage and hard work can lead to real and positive change.
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