About the author:
\nBonnie 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 Fellowsh ip\, she lives outside Kalamazoo\, Michigan\, with her husband and donkeys .
\nThe Spirits \;is a gritty\, spooky \, and ultimately heartening holiday story that unfolds in an isolated far mhouse. It is the night before Christmas in a small town in Michigan\, and a young woman is haunted by her father&rsquo\;s death. She has been silen tly penitent for nine years\, but her guilt and grief have estranged her f rom her community and her family. She has taken refuge in the natural worl d of the plants and trees she tends\, but on this anniversary of the trage dy\, the supernatural landscape is rattling its chains.
\nWhen a sur prise guest appears at the (dreaded) Christmas Eve dinner\, the family beg ins to open up and reveal dangerous secrets and crimes nobody is willing t o 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 ne ver easy or wholesale\, the story that a family creates together can heal wounds.
\nBooks will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac&rsquo\;s Backs &ndash\; Books on Coventry.
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