Run For Home

by Sheila Quigley

Book Overview

1985: a man runs for his life — wounded, exhausted, hunted remorselessly by a woman assassin know only as The Headhunter.2001: sixteen-year-old Kerry Lumsdon runs across the same terrain. She runs to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099465744
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Arrow
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

a first time classic

i never put this book down from start to finish and that is the god's honest truth. what a brilliant undiscovered writer where have you being Sheila i truly dont no, the book companys should have picked this writer up years ago. The book was not to be put down. I loved the lumbsdon family and all the different storys in this one group of people. This book made a change to everything i have read in the way that it talks about things that are happening in this country. I loved the slavery story line and the way sheila describes the paragraphs realy makes you think that it is realy happening. Keep this up Sheila as i cant wait for the next part in your wonderful talent. MUST READ

The first book to make me gasp aloud!

This is the first book that has made me gasp out loud, feeling empathy for the children, almost to the point of tears for Kerry. Because I can visualize the locations, I feel so much closer to the characters. A good deal of humor amongst the `dark' core of the tale, told with anger and venom at an astonishing pace. The tension is constantly building with the `need to know' carrot being dangled ever further just out of reach. There is always something interesting or unexpected happening with minimal physical descriptions allowing the narrative of the story to do the work. Just when you think you've worked it out. The `reality rug' is wrenched relentlessly from beneath your feet. Given that my attention span, could be challenged by a `Houghton Feast' goldfish, this page turner had me absolutely riveted to the spot; although I did needed a pause, a rest, break, from time to time before I became as mad as the "Lumsdon" family itself A coffee, a phone call. Any interruption was welcome from the intense pressure had I allowed myself to experience! Totally fantastic. Compulsive reading once was not enough. Like a seasoned comedian, while you're laughing at one joke. You've missed three others. While you're thinking of what's coming next, you're missing out on the details and I had to `back read' several times to `keep up' with the story. A fierce pace with a multitude of characters, all deftly described as we are forced into their lives at ravishing speed, without the time for remorse or judgment, you'll either love it or hate it! "DON'T JUDGE, JUST RELAX, READ AND ENJOY KNOWING YOU CAN PICK IT UP OR PUT IT DOWN BEFORE OR AFTER THE `WATERSHED." I did, and I want more! Thanks Sheila, It's the most entertained I've been for ages.