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Salt Dancers

by Ursula Hegi, Edith Fowler
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Synopsis

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.

Publishers Weekly

A middle-aged pregnant woman goes back to confront her own troubled family past. (Sept.)

About the Author, Ursula Hegi

Mary Macky of The San Francisco Chronicle once observed that "Ursula Hegi has a real genius for the material of personal existence, for the world seen close up." In her quirky yet poignant novels, the German-born Hegi displays this genius time and again.

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Book Details

Published
March 1, 1997
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780684844824

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