Summary
Siblings embark on a crazy road trip across America in this heartfelt, hilarious story. From the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here.
Ever since her dad left them twenty years ago, it’s just been Madeline Hill and her mother on their Tennessee farm. It’s mostly okay. Maybe sometimes a bit lonely.
Then one day a stranger pulls up in a rental car and informs Madeline that he’s her half brother, Reuben, abandoned by their dad thirty years ago. Reuben…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923058347 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923058347 |
| Author: | Kevin Wilson |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 274mm x 154mm |
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Critics Review
‘A touching and generous romp of a novel.’ * New York Times *
‘Few writers can match [Kevin Wilson’s] trademark blend of wit, wonder, and tenderness…Kevin Wilson’s new novel moves from madcap to heart wrenching with ease, proving once again that no one can create a family drama like him.’ * Chicago Review of Books *
‘Kevin Wilson writes funny, smart, weird novels about lost people trying to find and keep connections with one another and reality…his stories are never short of compelling. Run for the Hills is no exception…’ * Michael Williams, Qantas Magazine *
‘[Kevin Wilson] writes beautiful, searching, unexpected and yes—weird—books. They’re utterly suffused with love and affection for the world and for his lost characters.’ * Michael Williams, Read This *
‘Adventurous, a little bit absurd, and always from the heart.’ * WellRead *
‘Wilson is positively masterful at quirky family dramas.’ * Kirkus *
‘My golden rule is that if Kevin Wilson is writing it, I’m reading it. I could read his grocery list and still feel a punch to the gut…[Run for the Hills] is no exception.’ * Chicago Review of Books *
‘Features [Kevin Wilson’s] quirkiness and heart.’ * ABC Radio National: The Book Show *
‘An often hilarious and sometimes devastating exploration of what really makes a family…Gently tugs at the heart.’ * Time *
‘A huge ten out of ten from me — this is the raucous road trip you are going to want to join this September.’ * The Turnaround Blog *
About The Author
Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson is the author of the New York Times bestseller Nothing to See Here, as well as the novels The Family Fang, Perfect Little World, Now Is Not the Time to Panic, and the short-story collections Tunneling to the Center of the Earth and Baby You’re Gonna Be Mine. He lives with his family in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he is an associate professor in the English department at Sewanee- The University of the South.
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