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Of Women and Salt

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Of Women and Salt

In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. Carmen, still wrestling with the trauma of displacement, must process her difficult relationship with her own mother while trying to raise a wayward Jeanette. Steadfast in her quest for understanding, Jeanette travels to Cuba to see her grandmother and reckon with secrets from the past destined to erupt.

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Of Women and Salt
by Gabriela Garcia

  • Publication Date: January 4, 2022
  • Genres: Fiction
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Flatiron Books
  • ISBN-10: 1250776708
  • ISBN-13: 9781250776709

Winners

Abrianna H. from Bethesda, OH
Alice G. from Springfield, PA
Annette P. from Ponte Vedra Brach, FL
Cathy J. from Auburn, CA
Cherisse T. from Waxhaw, NC
Cloe S. from Spring, TX
Elisa M. from Los Angeles, CA
Feef D. from Marshall, MI
Ginny L. from St. Petersburg, FL
Jane M. from Sunset Beach, NC
Jean T. from Aurora, IL
Joan N. from Agoura Hills, CA
Joann Z. from Hudson, FL
Julie B. from Atlanta, GA
Karen G. from St. Cloud, MN
Kathy W. from Long Beach, CA
Lynn M. from Fair Lawn, NJ
Lysette L. from Moorpark, CA
Mary Jo W. from Lisle, NY
Melanie S. from Boca Raton, FL
Neil T. from Roanoke, TX
Raylene W. from Appleton, WI
Ronald W. from Buffalo, WY
Shelley S. from Austin, TX
Stephanie K. from Otsego, MN