Ann Patchett will be visiting campus November 17th, 2009!

Ann's visit to campus will commence with her keynote address at 7pm in the Simplot Ballroom in the Student Union Building. Doors open at 6.

First Year Read Updates

If you are a first-year student and did not receive a copy of the book, please visit the New Student and Family Programs office to get yours now!

Thanks to everyone who participated in Book Nomination Month. We received over 100 nominations, and have started the process of reviewing nominations in seach of next year's book. Stay tuned!

 

About First Year Read

Boise State has selected "Run," a novel by Ann Patchett, as the 2009-10 First Year Read program book. The book is now available at the Boise State Bookstore.

As is the tradition with the First Year Read, incoming first-year students will receive the book during their orientation this summer and are expected to read the book in preparation for the fall. "Run" is the first novel selected during the four years the program has been in existence at Boise State.

"I was struck by the manner in which the story integrates compassion for our fellow travelers into a number of its themes," said President Bob Kustra. "It is a resounding affirmation of the role character can play in shaping the lives of friends and family. We all have something to learn from Ann Patchett's story."

 

About Run

The novel is set over a period of 24 hours and takes readers from the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard to a home for retired Catholic priests in downtown Boston. It shows how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexist only blocks apart from each other, and how family can include people you've never even met. As in her bestselling novel "Bel Canto," Patchett illustrates the humanity that connects disparate lives, weaving several stories into one surprising and endlessly moving narrative. "Run" ultimately is a novel about secrets, duty, responsibility and the lengths we will go to protect our children

Read the New York Times Review of "Run" here.

 

Interested in revisiting last year's book, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson? Click Here.