Of Women and Salt

A sweeping debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia is a powerful novel from an incredible new talent.

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Published Jan 4, 2022

224 pages

Average rating: 6.47

116 RATINGS

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literarily_occupied
Aug 12, 2025
8/10 stars
⭐⭐⭐⭐️ / 4 stars

This was another "Last Chance" book at risk of being discarded due to lack of circulation at the library where I work.

This is a fairly short book so I listened to the audio while at work and finished it in less than two working days.

What the author had started as several short stories morphed into a novel following multiple generations of women and how their lives became intertwined.

While at times a little dark with uncomfortable subject matter, Of Women and Salt is a profound and necessary read as pertinent to today's world as it is to that of the past.

The audio is very well done though perhaps multiple narrators would have allowed for greater ease of following each storyline.
Cbriz
Apr 18, 2025
5/10 stars
The ending was surprising but overall I like how the characters were intertwined throughout the book
emercedes16
Jul 21, 2023
7/10 stars
Was this book hard to follow...yes but was it good...yes. I do recommend it as it shows the life and the lives were shaped by the hardships.
E Clou
Jul 04, 2023
8/10 stars
There are a lot of things I like about this first novel. Some things that are not quite there yet. But I'm looking forward to her next books as I can tell she did the necessary research to make the interlinked short stories that create the novel feel so real they came to life.
JulieHM
Nov 27, 2022
8/10 stars
From 19th-prerevolutionary Cuba to present-day detention centers, Of Women and Salt is a kaleidoscopic portrait of betrayals—personal and political, self-inflicted and those done by others—that have shaped the lives of these extraordinary women. A haunting meditation on the choices mothers make, the legacy of the memories they carry, and the tenacity of women who choose to tell their stories despite those who wish to silence them.

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