Set in Southern California against a magical landscape, exotic folklore, and a world teeming with the spirits of sea lions comes a feminist folktale of mythic proportions about sisters Ruthie and Dolly, who survive in a virtually motherless world as they search for a home and for true love. Caught in the riptide of a culture that both glorifies and demonizes female sexuality, the girls refuse to accept the labels and the limits that are placed on them. Ruthie finds herself in the arms of a man who walks out of the sea, who is somehow different from other men. When she has a daughter who is born with a secret, she discovers just how far she'll go to protect herself and those she loves. Imbued with a traditional Scottish folktale and hints of Jewish mysticism, The Salt God's Daughter illuminates the tremulous bonds of maternal love, the lovely and often harsh realities of girlhood, and the mixed blessings of identity--a stunning, raw evolutionary tale.
