by Terry Kay · William Morrow & Co · tapa dura · ISBN 9780688150334
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«The Runaway» is the historical novel by Terry Kay, published by William Morrow & Co in hardback (406 pages, in English).
In the rural South of the late 1940s, Tom and Son Jesus, two 12-year-old friends, one white and one black, share games and fishing until they find a human bone. The remains seem to be from Son Jesus's missing father; Sheriff Frank Rucker investigates and uncovers racial tensions that divide the community.
First edition, published in New York in October 1997.
Suitable for an adult audience interested in historical fiction set in the American South and social conflicts.
Terry Winter Kay was an American author, whose novels examined life in the American South. His most well-known book, To Dance with the White Dog, was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Three of Kay's books became movies.
