Of Women and Salt

Thrilled I finally got to read this beautiful book, it follows multiple story-lines and characters and deals with ever pertinent themes like abuse, immigration, family, and all in between. Garcia pens a lovely book, one that I think anyone - regardless of backgrounds, favorite genre, or reading habits - would be better off reading. Just lovely.

For such a short book, it took me forever to get through. As many other reviewers have shared, the switching between perspectives and years makes it difficult to place events together. The author oftentimes abandons the use of quotation marks in dialogue as well, which can be confusing.

Overall, it is a good book about the strength of women immigrants. There are some exceptionally symbolic stories and quotable moments that make the story really stand out such as when Gloria grieves how her daughter was brought into this world.

This book was a very moving glimpse into so many aspects of life that touch everyone in some way or another. The book could be triggering to those with trauma backgrounds. But it touches on sexual assault, addiction, immigration. For those of us who have been born into privilege just based on where we were lucky enough to be born, it's a small peak into what some families have endured on their paths to find safety and security. I listened to the audiobook, and there was a discussion with the author at the end that I found very touching as well.