{"product_id":"9781324105152","title":"The Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShow #ReadWithJenna Book Club Selection\u003cbr\u003eOne of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/em\u003e’s Most Anticipated Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003eOne of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e’s 12 Must-Read Books of the Month\u003cbr\u003eFeatured in Roxane Gay’s newsletter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Audacity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e’s Best Books of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eThe Waters\u003c\/em\u003e] delivers us to a place of real magic.” —Ron Charles,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonkey 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a “ruthless and precise eye for the details of the physical world” (Jane Smiley,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), Bonnie Jo Campbell presents an elegant antidote to the dark side of masculinity, celebrating the resilience of nature and the brutality and sweetness of rural life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47926853763305,"sku":"9781324105152","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781324105152_c30d8.jpg?v=1731704253","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9781324105152","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}