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Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, 1st American ed, No Longer Available.Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, 1st American ed, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsA haunting, evocative portrait of three generations of a family by an exciting and inspired new voice in fiction
It is the summer of 1945 in Norfolk, England, and when Goose comes upon a German soldier buried neck deep in the mud of a local salt marsh, she pulls him out and brings him home. Nine months later, he vanishes in a makeshift boat, leaving Goose behind with a newborn daughter, Lil. Taught to read the clouds by her mother, Lil is curious and her childhood strange. When she becomes the object of two brothers desire, her life takes a tragic turn.
Fifteen years later, it is LilÂs son, Pip, who attempts to make sense of his familyÂs intriguing history. Pip, who never utters a word, is alone and isolated in his mute world and is beguiled by the lovely flame-haired Elsie who lives nearby. Pip comes of age among the marshes like the generations before himÂbut will the misfortune of his familyÂs past repeat itself through him?
Salt is a family saga that explores the relationship between people and the landscape in which they live. Atmospheric and lyrical, Jeremy PageÂs debut novel is revelatory in its use of language. For fans of John Banville and Marilynne Robinson, Salt signals the introduction of a significant writer.
It is the summer of 1945 in Norfolk, England, and when Goose comes upon a German soldier buried neck deep in the mud of a local salt marsh, she pulls him out and brings him home. Nine months later, he vanishes in a makeshift boat, leaving Goose behind with a newborn daughter, Lil. Taught to read the clouds by her mother, Lil is curious and her childhood strange. When she becomes the object of two brothers desire, her life takes a tragic turn.
Fifteen years later, it is LilÂs son, Pip, who attempts to make sense of his familyÂs intriguing history. Pip, who never utters a word, is alone and isolated in his mute world and is beguiled by the lovely flame-haired Elsie who lives nearby. Pip comes of age among the marshes like the generations before himÂbut will the misfortune of his familyÂs past repeat itself through him?
Salt is a family saga that explores the relationship between people and the landscape in which they live. Atmospheric and lyrical, Jeremy PageÂs debut novel is revelatory in its use of language. For fans of John Banville and Marilynne Robinson, Salt signals the introduction of a significant writer.
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