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New. When I Ran Away A rich bighearted debut that takes us from working-class Staten Island in the wake of the September 11th attacks to moneyed London a decade later revealing a story of loss motherhood and love. As the Twin Towers collapse Gigi Stanislawski flees her office building and escapes lower Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry. Among the crying ash-covered and shoeless passengers Gigi unbelievably finds someone she recognizes--Harry Harrison a British man and a regular at her favorite coffee shop.