Salt Dancers
Author: Ursula Hegi
From the highly acclaimed author of Stones from the River comes a breakthrough novel–a tale of one woman’s journey back to her childhood through the layers of memory, fear, longing, and love. “Hegi has a real genius for the material of personal existence, for the world seen up close”.–Mary Mackey, San Francisco Chronicle Review…..Read More
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