{"product_id":"9781402294853","title":"Running the Bulls: A Novel","description":"2006 Paterson Prize for Fiction\"That master juggler of literary tears and laughter is at it again: Cathie Pelletier's \u003cem\u003eRunning the Bulls\u003c\/em\u003e is a ribald, ruminating, and redemptive read.\"-Wally Lamb, author of \u003cem\u003eShe's Come Undone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e In small-town Maine, unhappily retired \u003cstrong\u003eHoward Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e is shaken awake one morning by his wife, who confesses to a devastating affair.  Unable to forgive his wife, Howard sets out on a journey in hope of finding life after tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Determined to follow in the footsteps of Hemmingway, Howard travels to Pamplona, Spain to join the running of the bulls. His life promptly descends into chaos. But how does a middle-aged homebody, who has never even done his own laundry, \u003cstrong\u003esalvage his manhood and pride and learn how to rebuild his life\u003c\/strong\u003e on his own?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAt once funny, insightful, and heartbreaking\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRunning the Bulls\u003c\/em\u003e is perfect fans of \u003cem\u003eOlive Kitteridge (\u003c\/em\u003eElizabeth Strout\u003cem\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Language of Flowers (\u003c\/em\u003eVanessa Diffenbaugh\u003cem\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Good House\u003c\/em\u003e (Ann Leary) who will be transfixed by this coming-of-age story of a late-middle-aged man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAlso from Cathie Pelletier, The Mattagash Series:\u003cbr\u003eThe Funeral Makers (Book 1):\u003c\/strong\u003e Welcome to Mattagash, Maine where everyone's personal lives are as entwined as their family trees.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Wedding on the Banks (Book 2):\u003c\/strong\u003e Amy Joy Lawler just announced her engagement-to an outsider!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Weight of Winter (Book 3):\u003c\/strong\u003e  Surviving the winter will be hard; dealing with each other is another story.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe One-Way Bridge (Book 4): \u003c\/strong\u003eReturn to Mattagash-the anything but tranquil town where a mysterious dead body has just been found in the woods.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003cem\u003eRunning the Bulls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Running the Bulls\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with humor, and frailty, and heroism, and is \u003cstrong\u003eso very human\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Cathie Pelletier has once again given us a gift from the heart to both \u003cstrong\u003etickle and break our hearts\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003eWhat reviewers are saying about \u003cem\u003eRunning the Bulls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMasterful work...\u003cstrong\u003esubversive, humorous, and heartbreaking\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"—\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nobody walks the knife-edge of\u003cstrong\u003e hilarity and heartbreak\u003c\/strong\u003e more confidently than Cathie Pelletier. In \u003cem\u003eRunning the Bulls\u003c\/em\u003e she's at her skillful, sure-footed best.\" –\u003cem\u003e \u003cem\u003eRichard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat people are saying about Cathie Pelletier \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003eCathie Pelletier generates the sort of excitement that only writers at the very top of their form can provide.\"-Stephen King\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is Pelletier's gift to be able to coax the drama from stony ground without artifice or sentimentality.\"-Boston Globe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003cstrong\u003eAn ambitious, fearless novelist\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Cathie does a wonderful job of capturing [her characters'] moods and loves and losses, and yearnings...\u003cstrong\u003eHer writing is lovely and so descriptive\u003c\/strong\u003e\"— Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Sharp stuff...Her sentences are powerful and\u003cstrong\u003e unique as snowflakes\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137869889776,"sku":"9781402294853","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781402294853_p0.jpg?v=1763715005","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781402294853","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}