Salt Dancers is at once a brilliant portrait of an

American family, a story of the secrets families

guard, and a moving account of one woman's

journey back to a past filled with elusive memories

and suppressed rage. Why did Julia's mother

disappear one day without so much as a word? How did

a loving father who taught her such a beautiful thing

as the salt dance become such a terrifying and abusive

presence? These are the questions which Julia

must confront when she returns to Spokane,

Washington, after an absence of twenty-three years.

Salt Dancers, a superbly written novel, is a poignant

and truthful chronicle of self-discovery and the

power of resurrection.