# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Downtown Book Club: Junie
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 09 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join the Downtown Book Club every second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Story House Bookstore at 1150 E. Walnut St. 

July’s read is “Junie” by Erin Crosby Eckstine.

BOOK DESCRIPTION: Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie.

When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans, hinting at marriage for Violet and upending Junie’s life, she commits a desperate act—one that rouses Minnie’s spirit from the grave, tethered to this world unless Junie can free her. She enlists the aid of Caleb, the guests’ coachman, and their friendship soon becomes something more. Yet as long-held truths begin to crumble, she realizes Bellereine is harboring dark and horrifying secrets that can no longer be ignored.

With time ticking down, Junie begins to push against the harsh current that has controlled her entire life. As she grapples with an increasingly unfamiliar world in which she has little control, she is forced to ask herself: When we choose love and liberation, what must we leave behind?
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/downtown-book-club-junie/200030238320004
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Springfield
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Story House Bookstore
- **lat**: 37.20632
- **long**: -93.27654
- **full address**: The Story House Bookstore, 1150 E. Walnut Street,Springfield, Missouri, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Downtown Book Club: Junie being held?
  - **A:** Downtown Book Club: Junie takes place on Thu, 09 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 09 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm at The Story House Bookstore, 1150 E. Walnut Street,Springfield, Missouri, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Downtown Book Club: Junie?
  - **A:** Downtown Book Club: Junie is organized by The Downtown Book Club.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Downtown Book Club: Junie is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Springfield, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Downtown Book Club: Junie sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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