Though this work is entirely fictional, some stories have been inspired by folks in my hometown of Comstock, Michigan, especially Susanna, Sheila, and Thomas Campbell. And thank you, Darling Christopher, for everything, always.
“Sleepover” appeared in Southwest Review as winner of the World’s Best Short Short Story contest. “The Greatest Show on Earth, 1982: What There Was” (formerly “What There Was”), “Children of Transylvania, 1983,” and “Daughters of the Animal Kingdom” appeared in The Southern Review. “Mothers, Tell Your Daughters” appeared in One Story. “Somewhere Warm” and “Playhouse” appeared in Third Coast Review. A version of “Blood Work, 1999” appeared in the final issue of Story magazine. “My Dog Roscoe” originally appeared in Witness magazine, and a version was reprinted in Dog Is My Co-Pilot (Crown Archetype). “A Multitude of Sins” was published in Boulevard under the title “Home to Die.” A version of “To You, as a Woman” appeared under the title “Candy” in Ontario Review. “Natural Disasters” appeared in Mid-American Review. “Tell Yourself” appeared in Kenyon Review Online. A version of “The Fruit of the Pawpaw Tree” appeared as “September News from Susanna’s Farm” in the final print issue of TriQuarterly Review.
ALSO BY BONNIE JO CAMPBELL
ONCE UPON A RIVER
AMERICAN SALVAGE
Q ROAD
WOMEN & OTHER ANIMALS
Mothers, Tell Your Daughters is a work of fiction. All of the characters are products of the author’s imagination, and all of the settings, locales, and events have been invented by the author or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, or to real persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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