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SUMMARY:The Spirits with Bonnie Jo Campbell and Dawn Burns
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to welcome Bonnie Jo Campbell back to our Grand
  Rapids event studio to celebrate The Spirits! This contemporary Christm
 as Carol set in small-town Michigan is perfect for fans who love stories
  that can best be described as “gritty\, spooky\, and ultimately hearten
 ing”. We love seeing who is planning to join us! Your RSVP helps us prep
 are to host you. You can RSVP here: https://events.humanitix.com/bonnie-
 jo-campbell-and-dawn-burns-sbgr About the Book: The best-selling author 
 of The Waters (a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick) returns with a tale of 
 love\, transgression\, and the miraculous healing power of the holiday t
 able. Bonnie Jo Campbell\, a master of rural American fiction\, brings u
 s a hair-raising winter tale to warm us by the fireside. In this contemp
 orary Christmas Carol\, Campbell has created a gritty\, spooky\, and ult
 imately heartening holiday story that unfolds in an isolated farmhouse. 
 It is the night before Christmas in a small town in Michigan\, and a you
 ng woman is haunted by her father’s death. She has been silently peniten
 t for nine years\, but her guilt and grief have estranged her from her c
 ommunity and her family. She has taken refuge in the natural world of th
 e 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 op
 en up and reveal dangerous secrets and crimes nobody is willing to face.
  Within this darkest chaos\, a sliver of light appears\, showing a way t
 o reclaim communion and even a sense of humor. While redemption is never
  easy or wholesale\, the story that a family creates together can heal w
 ounds. About the Author: Bonnie Jo Campbell is the author of The Waters\
 , a Today Show “Read with Jenna” Book Club selection. Her other novels i
 nclude Once Upon A River\, a National Bestseller that was adapted into t
 he award-winning film\, and Q Road. Campbell’s short story collections i
 nclude American Salvage\, which was a finalist for the National Book Awa
 rd and National Book Critics Circle Award\, and Women and Other Animals\
 , an AWP Grace Paley Prize winner. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow\, and
  a recipient of the Eudora Welty Prize and Mark Twain Award. She lives o
 utside Kalamazoo on a small farm with her husband and donkeys. Visit www
 .bonniejocampbell.net About the Conversation Partner: Dawn Burns is the 
 author of A Green Glow on the Horizon and Evangelina Everyday\, and foun
 der and co-organizer of the SwampFire community of writers and artists. 
 While thoroughly Midwestern\, Dawn also loves to travel and is relentles
 sly curious about people and places. Dawn’s creative nonfiction has appe
 ared in Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest\, and in On an 
 Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes. A recipient of excellence awards fr
 om the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and the Ohio Arts 
 Council\, and an assistant professor at Michigan State University\, Dawn
  is committed to writing and community building as acts of personal and 
 social change both in and beyond their classroom.\n\nTickets: https://ev
 ents.humanitix.com/bonnie-jo-campbell-and-dawn-burns-sbgr#tickets\n\nhtt
 ps://findlocal.community/event/a8602c4c-d830-46be-9e20-7cc117d0f1cb
LOCATION:Schuler Books & Music\, 2660 28th St SE\, Grand Rapids\, MI 4951
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URL:https://findlocal.community/event/a8602c4c-d830-46be-9e20-7cc117d0f1c
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