Salt Dancers

Ursula Hegi
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Salt Dancers is at once a brilliant portrait of an American family, a story of the secrets families guard, and a moving account of one woman's journey back to a past filled with elusive memories and suppressed rage. Why did Julia's mother disappear one day without so much as a word? How did a loving father who taught her such a beautiful thing as the salt dance become such a terrifying and abusive presence? These are the questions which Julia must confront when she returns to Spokane, Washington, after an absence of twenty-three years. Salt Dancers , a superbly written novel, is a poignant and truthful chronicle of self-discovery and the power of resurrection.
Genres: FictionLiterary FictionNovelsBook ClubAdult FictionContemporaryModernLiteratureFamilyAbuse
240 Pages

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