Salt

A family saga that explores the relationship between people and the landscapein which they live Jeremy Pageas atmospheric and lyrical debut novel isrevelatory i... » 

A family saga that explores the relationship between people and the landscapein which they live Jeremy Pageas atmospheric and lyrical debut novel isrevelatory in its use of language and is the work of a significant new writer.Salt tells of a German airman who falls from the sky in 1945 and lands in themiddle of a salt marsh in England. Goose a local woman digs him up and bringshim home. After staying for just nine months he vanishes in a makeshift boatleaving Goose behind with a newborn daughter Lil. Taught to read the clouds byher mother Lilas childhood is curious and strange but when she becomes theobject of two brothersa desire her life takes a tragic turn. Fifteen yearslater it is Lilas son Pip who attempts to make sense of his familyasintriguing history. Beguiled by the lovely Elsie who lives nearby Pip grows upin the marsh like generations before himabut will their unfortunate past repeatitself?. «