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The Salt God's Daughter
The Salt God's Daughter | Ilie Ruby
3 posts | 2 read | 5 to read
Set in Long Beach, California, beginning in the 1970s, The Salt Gods Daughter follows Ruthie and her sister, Dolly as they carve out a life in a place filled with natural beauty, meteorological myths, and exotic folklore. Raised by a mother drawn to the ocean and guided by the moons, their heritage is a mystery and their mother often absent, forcing the two girls to confront the social and sexual mores of the time on their own, caught in the riptide of a culture that alternately glorifies and demonizes female sexuality. Ruthie's daughter, Naida, is born into this conflicting landscape with a secret she tries to keep hidden, bullied and harassed by her peers as she seeks out the father she never knew. Woven with a traditional Scottish folktale and hints of Jewish mysticism, this examines how far well go to find our place in a world that is often hostile to those who are different.
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HeathHof
HeathHof
The Salt God's Daughter | Ilie Ruby
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Mehso-so

Ruth and Dolly are sisters who grow up living out of their unstable alcoholic mothers station wagon. They are subjected to extreme neglect. The only bright spot in their lives are the stories they make up to get themselves through. These poor girls lives were a total mess and the writing was pretty disjointed at times. It did have some imaginative and interesting bits that kept me reading but over all this was mehhh. #ReadingUSA2019 #California

monalyisha I read this forever ago & I remember both being like “parts of that were lovely” & “I‘m so confused about what I just read. Did it actually make any sense?” 5y
HeathHof @monalyisha Yes! It was sort of like trying to jam about four really pretty partial puzzles together to make a whole. It just didn't come together very well 🤷🏼‍♀️ 5y
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HeathHof
HeathHof
The Salt God's Daughter | Ilie Ruby
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Reading this feels like being roped into sitting through a sales demonstration for a product that I don't have money or a use for .. Interesting summary and intriguing prologue. At 60% of the way through I am still waiting for the story to get back to the character and timeframe that lured me in. 😒

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PatriciaU
PatriciaU
The Salt God's Daughter | Ilie Ruby
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Pickpick

This multigenerational tale will make you laugh and leave you aching. Ruby explores relationships between mothers, daughters, sisters, and lovers in a net that weaves in elements of folklore and legend. Really well done.

PatriciaU When I posted this, I didn't realize that #booksbythesea was #somethingforsept today! 8y
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