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Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Americanb. June 30, 1962Literary Fiction

American novelist whose American Salvage and Once Upon a River explore working-class rural Michigan life with lyrical power. American Salvage was a finalist for the National Book Award. She is one of the finest voices in contemporary American Midwestern fiction.

Works

  • Q RoadWoman's isolated existence in rural Michigan challenged by stranger's arrival→
  • American SalvageInterconnected stories of rural Michigan working-class lives marked by violence and struggle→
  • Once Upon a RiverEpic narrative of a teenage girl seeking her missing father along the Michigan river→
  • The WatersExploration of familial trauma and survival in Michigan's industrial heartland→
  • mothers, tell your daughtersStories of women confronting vulnerability and violence in rural American communities→

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