The Waters is a 2024 novel by Michigan author Bonnie Jo Campbell.
| Author | Bonnie Jo Campbell |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Plot
editOn 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.
List of main characters
edit- Hermine "Herself" Zook – Herbalist and eccentric matriarch of the Zook family
- Primrose "Prim" Zook – Herself's daughter, a lawyer
- Molly Zook – Herself's daughter, a nurse
- Rose Thorn Zook - Herself's daughter, beautiful and lazy
- Dorothy "Donkey" Zook – Rose Thorn's daughter, a budding mathematician and herbalist
- Titus Clay, Jr. – Rose Thorn's love interest, a farmer
Reception
editThe novel was chosen as a Read with Jenna January 204 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]
References
edit- ^ ""The Waters" by Bonnie Jo Campbell Featured as Jenna Bush Hager's January 2024 Book Club Pick!". July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ "Bonnie Jo Campbell's 'The Waters' is pure magic". The Washington Post. December 27, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ "An off-the-grid herbalist hits the skids in an earthy new Bonnie Jo Campbell novel". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
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