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Salt Dancers is at once a brilliant portrait of anAmerican family, a story of the secrets familiesguard, and a moving account of one woman'sjourney back to a past filled with elusive memoriesand suppressed rage. Why did Julia's mother disappear one day without so much as a word? How dida loving father who taught her such a beautiful thingas the salt dance become such a terrifying and abusive presence? These are the questions which Juliamust confront when she returns to Spokane,Washington, after an absence of twenty-three years.

Salt Dancers, a superbly written novel, is a poignantand truthful chronicle of self-discovery and thepower of resurrection.