- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Reprint edition (May 27 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1400047919
- ISBN-13: 978-1400047918
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 195 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,181,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
A retired major-league baseball player slips into prescription drug abuse and violence in Roadrunner, an engaging second novel by Trisha R. Thomas (Nappily Ever After). When Dell "Roadrunner" Fletcher attacks his scriptwriter wife, Leah, Officer Angel Lopez answers her call for help. Angel falls for the lovely Leah, but he is also an old Roadrunner fan. Then Dell disappears, and Angel inserts himself into the lives of Leah and her young son with suspicious speed. Thomas is a talented storyteller, and this sophomore effort packs a punch.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
When Dell Fletcher suffers a serious injury, his stellar career as an L.A. baseball player is sidelined, and his fragile marriage and family life are threatened. He'd been drifting away for some time, more consumed with his athletic achievements and the adulation of his fans than with his wife, Leah, and their two children, young Josh and teenage Kayla. Dell can't get past the injury, self-medicating his misery with painkillers, oversensitive to his family's needs and criticism. A violent altercation with Leah leads to Dell's arrest and a car accident that robs him of his memory. The arresting officer, Angel Lopez, steps in to comfort Leah and the children, insinuating himself into their domestic life, even as the confused Dell becomes the object of another woman's wayward affection. Dell and Leah struggle through the manipulations of their unwanted suitors to rescue their marriage. Fans of Thomas' first novel Nappily Ever After (2000) as well as those who like to read the work of Terry McMillan and Bebe Moore Campbell will enjoy this title. Vanessa Bush
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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WHEN THE HOUSE cleared and the kids were off to school, his wife off to work, he moved swiftly to his black Nike bag hidden in the garage, unzipping it with the excitement of a child left home alone. Read the first page
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1.0 out of 5 stars
SUCKED TOO Booooring,
By A Customer
This review is from: Roadrunner: A Novel (Paperback)
This book boring. I put the book down and picked it back up again read another book and picked the book up again and I still ahve not finished it.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too Slow,
By A Customer
This review is from: Roadrunner: A Novel (Hardcover)
The story just moved TOO SLOW( and boring) for me. I usually read books fast, but after 2 weeks of sruggling through this book I just went ahead and returned it to the library.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Did not run fast enough,
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This review is from: Roadrunner: A Novel (Hardcover)
I cannot say that this book was good. The storyline or rather the intent of the storyline was good, but the writing of it wasn't good. It just simply moved along sooo slow, the narration at times was too long. I agree with the reader on 12.1.02. I also read Trisha Thomas previous book, Nappily Ever After and I do recall feeling fatigued trying to get through that book. I hope her writing and developement of the storyline improves with her 3rd book.
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