Description:
A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town.
"[The Waters] delivers us to a place of real magic." --Ron Charles, Washington Post
A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Selection - One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Books of 2024 - One of Oprah Daily's "Most Immersive Books of 2024" - Featured in Roxane Gay's newsletter, The Audacity - One of Christian Science Monitor's Best Books of the Month
Brief description: Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of seven works of fiction, including The Waters, a national bestseller, and American Salvage, finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband and donkeys.
Review Quotes: On a swampy island in Michigan, an outcast herbalist and her granddaughter contend with traumatic family secrets and an absent mother in this vividly drawn corner of rural America.-- "New York Times Book Review"