Their lives intersect with that of Gloria, an immigrant from El Salvador who hopes to give her young daughter, Ana, a better life in Miami. Jeanette has a drug addiction, is hiding a tragic secret and is desperately seeking a purpose. Later, in a wealthy suburb, Carmen tries to provide her daughter, Jeanette, with a comfortable American life. After an unstable childhood during the Cuban revolution, Carmen leaves her mother behind and immigrates to Florida. Of Women and Salt tells the intertwined stories of women in two families from the 19th century to the present day. In her beautifully written debut, Gabriela Garcia presents a new classic of mother-daughter literature. The relationship between mothers and daughters is a richly mined topic in fiction.
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