The salt god's daughter
Record details
- ISBN: 1593764901 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781593764906 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (338 p.)
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electronic resource - Publisher: Berkeley : Soft Skull Press, 2012.
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General Note: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Subject: | Sisters Fiction Magic Fiction Orphans Fiction Fiction California Fiction |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
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Homer Public Library | DIGITAL (Text) | 68301-1001 | Alaska Digital Library E-Book | Available | - |
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The Salt God's Daughter
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Summary
The Salt God's Daughter
"Beautifully evokes scenes of two girls adrift in the . . . bohemian beach culture . . . a breathtaking, fiercely feminine take on American magical realism." -- Interview Magazine Set in Long Beach, California, beginning in the 1970s, The Salt God's Daughter follows Ruthie and her older sister Dolly as they struggle for survival in a place governed by an enchanted ocean and exotic folklore. Guided by a mother ruled by magical, elaborately-told stories of the full moons, which she draws from The Old Farmer's Almanac , the two girls are often homeless, often on their own, fiercely protective of each other, and unaware of how far they have drifted from traditional society as they carve a real life from their imagined stories. Imbued with a traditional Scottish folktale and hints of Jewish mysticism, The Salt God's Daughter examines the tremulous bonds between sisters and the enduring power of maternal love--a magical tale that presents three generations of extraordinary women who fight to transcend a world that is often hostile to those who are different. "Indeed, Ruby has written a complicated, multi-layered work that shifts shapes to bridge the relationship between tragedy and redemption." -- The Huffington Post "Three generations of indelibly original women wrestle with the confines of their lives against a shimmering backdrop of magic, folklore, and deep-buried secrets . . . To say I loved this book is an understatement." --Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author "The selkie myth lies at the heart of Ruby's second novel . . . This is a bewitching tale of lives entangled in lushly layered fables of the moon and sea." -- Kirkus Reviews