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'A book full of marvels' New Yorker

The American Deep South, in the 1970s. Velma Henry, once a formidable political activist, has grown weary and disillusioned with the fight for civil rights. She wants to end it all. But then she finds herself in the hands of a Black faith community, and the fabled healer Minnie Ransom. As she works through the rage and fear of her traumatic past, Velma finds herself changing, becoming whole and, maybe, free. The Salt Eaters is a boldly optimistic, profound exploration of memory, the self, power and Black health as liberation.

'A hymn to individual courage' The Times Literary Supplement

'Her characters inhabit the nonlinear, sacred space and sacred time of traditional African religion' The New York Times Book Review

The Salt Eaters

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'A book full of marvels' New YorkerThe American Deep South, in the 1970s. Velma Henry, once a formidable political activist,... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 07/10/2021
    ISBN13: 9780241521380, 978-0241521380
    ISBN10: 0241521386

    Number of Pages: 256

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    'A book full of marvels' New Yorker

    The American Deep South, in the 1970s. Velma Henry, once a formidable political activist, has grown weary and disillusioned with the fight for civil rights. She wants to end it all. But then she finds herself in the hands of a Black faith community, and the fabled healer Minnie Ransom. As she works through the rage and fear of her traumatic past, Velma finds herself changing, becoming whole and, maybe, free. The Salt Eaters is a boldly optimistic, profound exploration of memory, the self, power and Black health as liberation.

    'A hymn to individual courage' The Times Literary Supplement

    'Her characters inhabit the nonlinear, sacred space and sacred time of traditional African religion' The New York Times Book Review

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