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Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
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Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
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Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood

Written by Pauline Dakin

Narrated by Pauline Dakin

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Winner of the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

Long-listed for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2018

Short-listed for the 2018 Evelyn Richardson Non-fiction Award

Short-listed for the 2018 Atlantic Book Awards — Margaret and John Savage First Book Award

Short-listed for the 2018 Frank Hegyi Award for Emerging Authors

An unforgettable family tale of deception and betrayal, love and forgiveness

Pauline Dakin spent her childhood on the run. Without warning, her mother twice uprooted her and her brother, moving thousands of miles away from family and friends. Disturbing events interrupted their outwardly normal life: break-ins, car thefts, even physical attacks on a family friend. Many years later, her mother finally revealed they'd been running from the Mafia and were receiving protection from a covert anti-organized crime task force.

But the truth was even more bizarre. Gradually Dakin's fears gave way to suspicion. She put her journalistic training to work and discovered that the Mafia threat was actually an elaborate web of lies. As she revisits her past, Dakin uncovers the human capacity for betrayal and deception and the power of love to forgive.

Run, Hide, Repeat is a memoir of a childhood steeped in unexplained fear and menace. Gripping and suspenseful, it moves from Dakin's uneasy acceptance of her family's dire situation to bewildered anger. As compelling and twisted as a thriller, Run Hide Repeat is an unforgettable portrait of a family under threat and the resilience of family bonds.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 5, 2017
ISBN9780735235403
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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Run Hide Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Pauline Dakin marked for absolutely fascinating reading.Pauline Dakin is a Canadian, award winning journalist (radio, television and print), producer, and is currently a journalism professor. Run Hide Repeat is her first book. It's a memoir - and it's one you won't be able to put down. Truth is truly stranger than fiction."When all had been revealed, I wished it to be unsaid. As unsatisfying as my previous ignorance had been, it was better than this story, and easier to live with than my struggle to weigh the truth against the possibility that...that what?"The book's opening chapters introduce us to twenty three year old Dakin. Her mother Ruth and Stan, a family friend have decided that Pauline can finally be told the truth. Why they moved from one side of the country to the other, not once but twice, following Stan and his wife. Why they often left at the drop of a hat, leaving without saying goodbye to neighbours and friends. Why they often missed school. Why they were cautioned to never tell anyone the details of their lives. The answer? The Mafia was after Ruth and her children. The running, the precautions, the moves and the secrets were to keep them safe.Dakin moves the telling of her story from past to present. The reader has the knowledge of the adult Dakin, but it only makes the childhood memories all the more perplexing. And somewhat ridiculous. There's no way this could be true - could it?Pictures of Ruth, Stan, Dakin and her brother and father enhance the memoir and give a human face to this unbelievably true story. Halfway through the book (and this was in one sitting), there was still no answer to the 'why?' Curiosity had me picking the book up every spare moment until I finally reached the final pages.The telling of Run Hide Repeat is a complex and deeply personal personal story. Telling your own story to the world is brave. "An unforgettable family tale of deception and betrayal, love and forgiveness" is an apt description from the publisher.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed this memoir very much. The story is incredible, and shows how someone's mental illness can affect so many lives! In this story, Pauline and her younger brother, Ted, are often pulled from school or moved to another city with their Mother (Ruth)...usually following family friend, Stan Sears and his wife, Sybil. Ruth is obsessed with secrecy, constantly warning her children never to tell anyone anything about their lives. Why? What is going on?We find out as the story unfolds. The story of the delusions suffered by Stan, and how he has managed to convince Ruth of their truth, provides an insider perspective of how mental illness can affect the lives of children. Both Pauline and Ted had challenges in their marriages, and in connecting to their father. How Pauline, in particular, came to terms with Stan's impact on the family is the most interesting aspect of the book because of her honest portrayal of her feelings.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I found it to be very slow-paced and difficult to get into. Also, the choice was made not to be upfront about some important issues and instead have things unfold for the reader in the same way as the author had them unfold, at least in certain parts of the book. Sometimes that works, but I don't think that it does in this instance. The reader comes to understand something before the author came to understand it due to the fact that the author was raised to believe certain things that the reader was not. Once I realized an important plot point, I was only interested in reading about when the truth comes out, and I ended up skipping a few chapters to get to that part. I hate to do that, but it wasn't holding my interest enough to continue and I didn't want to put the book down altogether. I wanted to understand why things happened the way that they did. This story needed to be told and I'm glad that the author wrote this book. I think that her story will help others.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    As many others have mentioned: there is insufficient material to propel an entire book. The writing isn't terrible but there is no real story; I spent far too much time thinking there was going to be an amazing twist which would justify telling this tedious tale in such detail, only to be disappointed.