Salt and Skin
Eliza Henry-Jones
(Author)
Description
'Brilliant. With such a good ending, it had me slappingthe back cover closed with utmost satisfaction and respect. Hard recommend.'
Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites and Devotion'Until recently, there had been four of them. Unspeaking,
the three remaining Managans lugged their bags into Ewan's waiting car. Luda
and her children were not staying in the ghost house on Seannay that first
night. The window broken in the storm must first be fixed. Living on the islands
means being in constant conversation with the wind; negotiating where it will
and will not go.The Managans do not know this yet. It is a lesson they
will begin to learn a week later, watching the cliff collapse into the sea.'Luda, a
photographer, and her two teenagers arrive in the Scottish Northern Isles to
make a new life. Everywhere the past shimmers to the surface; the shifting
landscapes and wild weather dominates; the line between reality and the uncanny
seems thin here. The teenagers forge connections, making friends of neighbours,
discovering both longing and dangerous
compulsions. But their mother - fallible, obsessive, distracted - comes up hard
against suspicion. The persecution and violence that drove the island's
historic witch trials still simmers today, in isolated homes and church
buildings, and where folklore and fact intertwine.A compelling and magically immersive novel about a family on
the edge and a community ensnared by history, that gathers to an unforgettable
ending.
'Henry-Jones blends past and present, reality and magic
into a compelling story loud with warning voices for our time.' Sydney
Morning Herald
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
September Publishing
Publish Date
September 19, 2023
Pages
368
Dimensions
4.9 X 7.7 X 1.1 inches | 0.66 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781914613364
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Eliza Henry-Jones lives on a flower farm on Wurundjeri land
in the Yarra Valley of Victoria, Australia. She is the author of In the
Quiet (2015), Ache (2017) and the young adult novels P
is for Pearl (2018) and How
to Grow a Family Tree (2020). Her
novels have been listed for awards including the Readings Prize for New
Australian Fiction, QLD Literary Awards, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Indie
Awards, ABIA Awards and CBCA Awards. Eliza has received residencies at Varuna,
the National Writers' House (NSW) the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers'
Centre (WA), and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig in Ireland
(courtesy of Varuna). Her short fiction, nonfiction and features have been
widely published across magazines, newspapers and journals. Eliza has
qualifications in psychology; alcohol and other drugs; and grief, loss and
trauma counselling.
in the Yarra Valley of Victoria, Australia. She is the author of In the
Quiet (2015), Ache (2017) and the young adult novels P
is for Pearl (2018) and How
to Grow a Family Tree (2020). Her
novels have been listed for awards including the Readings Prize for New
Australian Fiction, QLD Literary Awards, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Indie
Awards, ABIA Awards and CBCA Awards. Eliza has received residencies at Varuna,
the National Writers' House (NSW) the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers'
Centre (WA), and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig in Ireland
(courtesy of Varuna). Her short fiction, nonfiction and features have been
widely published across magazines, newspapers and journals. Eliza has
qualifications in psychology; alcohol and other drugs; and grief, loss and
trauma counselling.
Reviews
'Brilliant. With such a good ending, it had me slapping the
back cover closed with utmost satisfaction and respect. Hard recommend.' - Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites and Devotion
'Eliza Henry-Jones is a brilliant storyteller. In Salt and Skin she has
conjured a world that is hauntingly alive: to the slippery intersections
between past and present, body and spirit, the uncanny and the real; an
entrancing story of loss, redemption and love.' - Lucy Treloar, author of Salt Creek
'In delving into the history of witchcraft, Henry-Jones achieves the rare
feat of incorporating magic realism into a modern story in a way that feels natural,
inevitable.' - Canberra Times
'Henry-Jones blends past and present, reality and magic into a compelling
story loud with warning voices for our time.' - Sydney
Morning Herald
back cover closed with utmost satisfaction and respect. Hard recommend.' - Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites and Devotion
'Eliza Henry-Jones is a brilliant storyteller. In Salt and Skin she has
conjured a world that is hauntingly alive: to the slippery intersections
between past and present, body and spirit, the uncanny and the real; an
entrancing story of loss, redemption and love.' - Lucy Treloar, author of Salt Creek
'In delving into the history of witchcraft, Henry-Jones achieves the rare
feat of incorporating magic realism into a modern story in a way that feels natural,
inevitable.' - Canberra Times
'Henry-Jones blends past and present, reality and magic into a compelling
story loud with warning voices for our time.' - Sydney
Morning Herald