Author Event - Bonnie Jo Campbell
Join Gilbert & Ivy and the Vicksburg District Library as we welcome Bonnie Jo Campbell author of "The Waters".
Date and time
Location
Vicksburg District Library
215 South Michigan Avenue Vicksburg, MI 49097About this event
- 1 hour
Join us as we welcome author, Bonnie Jo Campbell to Vicksburg and celebrate her newest release, "The Waters" with an informal discussion and book signing.
Purchasing Books
Books are available for purchase at Gilbert and Ivy located at 100 S. Main Street; Vicksburg, Advanced purchases will receive a 10% discount. Books purchased the night of the event wil be $30.
About the book
On an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp—an area known as “The Waters” to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michigan—herbalist and eccentric Hermine “Herself” Zook has healed the local women of their ailments for generations. As stubborn as her tonics are powerful, Herself inspires reverence and fear in the people of Whiteheart, and even in her own three estranged daughters. The youngest—the beautiful, inscrutable, and lazy Rose Thorn—has left her own daughter, eleven-year-old Dorothy “Donkey” Zook, to grow up wild.
Donkey spends her days searching for truths in the lush landscape and in her math books, waiting for her wayward mother and longing for a father, unaware that family secrets, passionate love, and violent men will flood through the swamp and upend her idyllic childhood. Rage simmers below the surface of this divided community, and those on both sides of the divide have closed their doors against the enemy. The only bridge across the waters is Rose Thorn.
About the author
Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of six works of fiction, including American Salvage, finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Once Upon a River, a national bestseller. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, AWP’s Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, and a Pushcart Prize, she lives outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, with donkeys.
Frequently asked questions
There is no cost but ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please reserve your seat using Eventbrite.
Due to space limitations, we are requesting ADVANCED REGISTRATION using Eventbrite. There will be a "wait list" at the door and guests will be allowed to participate if there are any no-shows.
Yes! Copies of "The Waters" are available for immediate purchase at Gilbert and Ivy located at 100 S. Main Street in Vicksburg. Copies will also be available for purchase the night of the event.
Yes. Bonnie Jo has graciously agreed to meet with guests and sign books following the event.
Yes. The Vicksburg District Library is a fully accessible facility.