Apr 7, 2021
Gabriela Garcia, whose short fiction and poetry has appeared in
Best American Poetry and other collections, joins Carol to discuss
her first novel, OF WOMEN AND SALT, which is a Bookreporter Bets On
selection.
OF WOMEN AND SALT looks at the lives of two families of women, from
the days of the cigar factories in the nineteenth century Cuba to
modern day Miami, with a look also at migrant detention centers
sheltering people coming from Mexico. The voices of these women are
intertwined in such a way that their history is woven for the
reader. We see how actions of today come as reactions for what
happened in the past. The perspective of the book shifts from woman
to woman in each chapter, but is brought together brilliantly at
the end.
Gabriela shares her personal journey to write this novel, including
her process to begin a longform story. She discusses many of the
timely cultural topics that are looked at in her prose, as well as
how she worked to blend the women’s voices together.
Book discussed in this episode:
OF WOMEN AND SALT by Gabriela Garcia https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/of-women-and-salt/about
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