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| Author | Bonnie Jo Campbell |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Family saga |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication date | January 2024 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 978-0-393-24843-2 |
| 823 | |
The Waters is a 2024 novel by Michigan author Bonnie Jo Campbell.
On an island in the middle of a swamp in Michigan, a family has lived for generations. The matriarch, Hermine Zook, is a healer and herbalist who inspires fear and hope in the people of the local town, Whiteheart. Living on the island with her is her granddaughter, Dorothy, who is a budding mathematician and herbalist.
The novel was chosen as a Read with Jenna January 2024 Book Club pick. [1] Ron Charles of The Washington Post described it as "pure magic". [2] The Los Angeles Times' Jane Smiley described the novel as "earthy" and a "thought-provoking and readable exploration of eccentricity and of all different kinds of love". [3]
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