The Waters is a 2024 novel by Michigan author Bonnie Jo Campbell.
On an island in the middle of a swamp in Michigan, a family has lived for generations.
The matriarch, Hermine Zook, is a healer and herbalist who inspires fear and hope in the people of the local town, Whiteheart.
The novel was chosen as a Read with Jenna January 204 Book Club pick.
[2] The Los Angeles Times' Jane Smiley described the novel as "earthy" and a "thought-provoking and readable exploration of eccentricity and of all different kinds of love".