Details for 'Saltwater' by Jessica Andrews
Saltwater
Described as a lyrical coming-of-age narrative which 'features something very rare in literary fiction: a working-class heroine, written by a young working-class author'. Set in Sunderland, London and Ireland, what will we make of it it?
Recommended in November 2023
Book publication date: 2nd April 2020
Read by Woodbridge Book Group on 27th November 2023
A lively discussion as this divided the group. All considered it beautifully written but sometimes a little self-conscious and clever. Lots to explore in the character's attitudes to life, and the mother-daughter relationship.