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The Taste of Salt

Overview

A tremendously engaging novel told with emotional veracity that reveals the universal truths about the heartbreak that comes with family loyalty and love. |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc.

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Martha Southgate

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Editorial Reviews

In her haunting fourth novel, Southgate (Third Girl from the Left) examines the complicated issues of race, family, love, and addiction. Josie Henderson is a widely respected scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts and prides herself on being the only senior-level African-American marine biologist there. Henderson loves her job and has a husband, Daniel, who adores her, but she can't shake her past of growing up with an alcoholic father. The story spins out, told through Josie's eyes and those of her brother, Tick, father, mother and husband after Josie goes back to her hometown of Cleveland to pick Tick up from his second stint in rehab. Southgate's arresting, fluid prose and authentic dialogue come together in a resonating study of relationships, where selfish tendencies among the various characters are revealed, as are their feelings of regret. A fascinating story that shows how the mistakes people make affect all those around them. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Product Details

  • Published by

    Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

  • Publish Date

    September 11, 2011 

  • Print ISBN

    1565129253

  • eBook ISBN

    9781616201159

  • Imprint

    Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

  • Filesize

    1.10 MB

  • Number of Print Pages*

    288

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