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Join us for a Halloween afternoon with the incomparable Bonnie Jo Campbell as we celebrate her (appropriately spooky) latest novel, The Spirits. This contemporary, rural take on Dickens' A Christmas Carol explores the wounds created by loss and secrecy and the healing that can come with understanding.This event is free and open to the public, no ticket required, and will conclude with a book signing. Unable to attend in person? Preorder your copy and we'll arrange to have it signed and personalized at your request.
About the author:
Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of seven works of fiction, including The Waters, a national bestseller, and American Salvage, finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband and donkeys.
About the book:
In this contemporary Christmas Carol, Campbell has created a gritty, spooky, and ultimately heartening holiday story that unfolds in an isolated farmhouse. It is the night before Christmas in a small town in Michigan, and a young woman is haunted by her father's death. She has been silently penitent for nine years, but her guilt and grief have estranged her from her community and her family. She has taken refuge in the natural world of the plants and trees she tends, but on this anniversary of the tragedy, the supernatural landscape is rattling its chains.
When a surprise guest appears at the (dreaded) Christmas Eve dinner, the family begins to open up and reveal dangerous secrets and crimes nobody is willing to face. Within this darkest chaos, a sliver of light appears, showing a way to reclaim communion and even a sense of humor. While redemption is never easy or wholesale, the story that a family creates together can heal wounds.
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144 Hall Street, Traverse City, MI, United States, Michigan 49684
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