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Martha Southgate
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The Taste of Salt
— published 2011 — 4 editions |
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Third Girl from the Left
— published 2005 — 2 editions |
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The Fall of Rome
— published 2002 — 7 editions |
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Another Way to Dance
— published 1996 — 4 editions |
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It's a Wonderful Life
— published 1996 |
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“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
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“The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the salt sea.”
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I've never read any of Southgate's work but this was a powerful story that is interwoven through three generations of women and covers race, sexuality, class, and the broken heart.
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“I was raised to respect books - the house was full of them. From the time I was little, it was drummed into our heads that books were almost the most important thing in the world, second only to getting a good education.”
― Martha Southgate, The Taste of Salt
― Martha Southgate, The Taste of Salt
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| ~2013 Reading Cha...: Beth K's 2011 Challenge | 71 | 48 | Dec 31, 2011 03:36pm |
“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
― E.L. Doctorow
― E.L. Doctorow
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