A high school dropout, Margo doesn't recognize the name Odysseus when someone mentions it, but like him she searches for home.

In "Once Upon a River," Bonnie Jo Campbell has given us a haunting moral story, rich with evocative descriptions of the delicacies of nature in the presence of indelicate characters.

In "Once Upon a River," the crackerjack Bonnie Jo Campbell creates a hypnotic novel so lovingly intimate with firearms that the National Rifle Association should rush to enshrine it.

The official launch date for Kalamazoo author Bonnie Jo Campbell's new book "Once Upon a River" is July 5, and in the meantime Campbell is racking up the reviews, including a recent one by Lisa ...

“Once Upon a River” is a singular coming-of-age story, set against a haunting backdrop of nature. The young woman at the heart of Bonnie Jo Campbell’s story is resourceful, but more ...

Well, the scene of the deer eating a bird comes from “Once Upon a River,” a new novel from Bonnie Jo Campbell. (Her stories, “American Salvage,” made her a finalist for the National Book ...

In 'Once Upon a River' by Bonnie Jo Campbell, a teenage girl comes of age by learning how to navigate the world by way of a river, but unlike the story of Huckleberry Finn, the girl's experience ...

Once Upon a River review - Bonnie Jo CampbellBonnie Jo Campbell might well be called the Bard of Michigan — if only ”bard” didn’t sound so stuffy and ”Michigan” didn’t sound so ...

If I were putting together a quiz of this sort, I would include writing by Bonnie Jo Campbell. It's perfectly suited to stump the respondents. Open up to a page at random in Once Upon a River, and ...

Once Upon a River A Novel Bonnie Jo Campbell W.W. Norton: 348 pp., $25.95 Bonnie Jo Campbell’s “American Salvage” was one of the standout books of 2009 — a collection of 14 stories so ...