Finished We 9/28/21
I originally finished this on We 3/7/18 and read it again on We 9/28/21 after I unsuccessfully tried to get a Covid booster shot at the Walgreens and CVS in the neighborhood.
26 year old Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom leaves his pregnant wife Janice and three year old son, Nelson. He becomes involved with Ruth, an unmarried woman who is not above taking a few dollars for her sexual services. Harry met this woman through his old high school basketball coach, Mr. Tethero.
Harry drops Ruth and goes back to his family for the birth of his daughter, Rebecca June. Janice's drinking is out of control and she accidently drowns the baby. Harry runs away from his family again during the funeral...."I didn't kill her, you did".
He tries to get back with Ruth after he learns that she is also pregnant, but she's had enough.
Interesting quote:
"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price".
The books page at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit,_Run
I have always loved this novel and I have the Rabbit Trilogy in one volume and I'll soon reread the other two.
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