# Review: The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bonnie Jo Campbell's novel 'The Spirits' dedicates itself to Michigan's trees. The story centers on a family haunted by a patriarch killed in a lightning storm. It draws a parallel to Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as a contemporary tale.

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