# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Downtown Book Club: Run for the Hills
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 13 Aug, 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. 

August’s read is “Run for the Hills” by Kevin Wilson.

BOOK DESCRIPTION: An unexpected road trip across America brings a family together, in this raucous and moving new novel from the bestselling author of Nothing to See Here.
Ever since her dad left them twenty years ago, it’s been just Madeline Hill and her mom on their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee. While it’s a bit lonely, she sometimes admits, and a less exciting life than what she imagined for herself, it’s mostly okay. Mostly.
Then one day Reuben Hill pulls up in a PT Cruiser and informs Madeline that he believes she’s his half sister. Reuben—left behind by their dad thirty years ago—has hired a detective to track down their father and a string of other half siblings. And he wants Mad to leave her home and join him for the craziest kind of road trip imaginable to find them all.
As Mad and Rube—and eventually the others—share stories of their father, who behaved so differently in each life he created, they begin to question what he was looking for with every new incarnation. Who are they to one another? What kind of man will they find? And how will these new relationships change Mad’s previously solitary life on the farm?
Infused with deadpan wit, zany hijinks, and enormous heart, Run for the Hills is a sibling story like no other—a novel about a family forged under the most unlikely circumstances and united by hope in an unknown future.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/springfield/downtown-book-club-run-for-the-hills/200030434968428
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## 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

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Downtown Book Club: Run for the Hills being held?
  - **A:** Downtown Book Club: Run for the Hills takes place on Thu, 13 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 13 Aug, 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: Run for the Hills?
  - **A:** Downtown Book Club: Run for the Hills is organized by The Downtown Book Club.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Downtown Book Club: Run for the Hills 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: Run for the Hills sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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