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      The Salt Eaters

      by Toni Cade Bambara
      Published
      Feb 1980
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      A community of Black faith healers witness an event that will change their lives forever in this "hard-nosed, wise, funny" novel (Los Angeles Times).

      One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

      Set in a fictional city in the American South, the novel also "inhabits the nonlinear, sacred space and sacred time of traditional African religion" (The New York Times Book Review).

      Though they all united in their search for the healing properties of salt, some of them are centered, some are off-balance; some are frightened, and some are daring. From the men who live off welfare women to the mud mothers who carry their children in their hides, the novel brilliantly explores the narcissistic aspect of despair and the tremendous responsibility that comes with physical, spiritual, and mental well-being.

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      Aug 1981 Vintage ISBN 0394750500
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      Jul 1992 Vintage ISBN 0679740767
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      First Edition Feb 1980 Random House ISBN 0394507126
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