![]() ![]() Because the theme, as I understood it, was how the actions we take - particularly as mothers - and ways in which we choose to hide, share, embrace, deny, explain, or forget those actions, weave themselves into the lives and environments of others - particularly our children and their children. I cannot say it will be the same for others, that they will feel understood more than reminded, but I hope so. Yet I did not find it triggering and, instead, felt understood and a little bit absolved. Also, I chose to believe and feel similar things, act out in similar ways, and put myself down with almost the exact same language as Jeanette - one of the central women in the book. In the case of the molestation, for example, it is quite similar to the molestation I myself experienced at a similar age. Inviting us to the trauma without asking us to relive it. ![]() Note: There are some pretty dark and uncomfortable experiences that are referred to in this story - molestation, domestic abuse, addiction, to name a few - but the author does a powerful job of revealing just enough. ![]() ![]() While exploring the personal and political lives of these Cuban mothers and daughters, travelling with them as they made choices or choices were made for them, and considering the cultures we create and how we are both powerful and powerless in the making of our world, I easily recognized myself and other strong women in my family. (Article continues below image.) Of Women and Salt book cover - Image Credit: Tsara Shelton. ![]()
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