Once Upon a River : A Novel
Department
English
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
Bonnie Jo Campbell has created an unforgettable heroine in sixteen-year-old Margo Crane, a beauty whose unflinching gaze and uncanny ability with a rifle have not made her life any easier. After the violent death of her father, in which she is complicit, Margo takes to the Stark River in her boat, with only a few supplies and a biography of Annie Oakley, in search of her vanished mother. But the river, Margo's childhood paradise, is a dangerous place for a young woman traveling alone, and she must be strong to survive, using her knowledge of the natural world and her ability to look unsparingly into the hearts of those around her. Her river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation and to the decision of what price she is willing to pay for her choices.
Call number in WMU's library
PS3553.A43956 O63 2011 (WMU Authors Collection)
ISBN
9780393079890
Publication Date
2011
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.
City
New York
Keywords
Michigan
Disciplines
Fiction
Recommended Citation
Campbell, Bonnie Jo, "Once Upon a River : A Novel" (2011). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 56.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/56
Comments
Author is a WMU Alumni