Once Upon a River

Name: Once Upon a River
Author: Bonnie Jo Campbell

by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Epic narrative of a teenage girl seeking her missing father along the Michigan river

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Bonnie Jo Campbell

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.

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