In Ramsey County Library’s April Book of the Month, author Kevin Wilson takes readers on an adventure to learn about family and the many shapes it can take.
By Ramsey County Library
As one man begins a journey to find his long-lost sister and bring her along to find their deadbeat dad, the two embark on a wildly dramatic journey as they discover additional siblings along the way in Kevin Wilson’s “Run for the Hills,” Ramsey County Library’s pick for Book of the Month this April.
As each sibling joins the adventure, they share stories from their lives with their dad, comparing notes, picking apart details of each of his reinvented identities and wondering what led him to abruptly leave each one of them when he did. Each child ultimately realizes that any resentments, stories, justifications or hopes they have built around their father pale in importance when compared to the unexpected gift of finding each other.
Book description from HarperCollins Publishers:
“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.”
“Run for the Hills” is a story full of hope and humor. It shows us the meaning of forgiveness and love. It has moments that leave the reader scratching their head, but never in a bad way. As with his other novels, Kevin Wilson delivers an empathetic, warm, sometimes over-the-top but always enjoyable journey of a story!
Find copies of “Run for the Hills” at the Ramsey County Library or on Libby.
