Salt Rain (novel)
{{Short description|Book by Sarah Armstrong}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = Salt Rain
| image = Salt Rain (novel).jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Sarah Armstrong
| country = Australia
| language = English
| genre =
| publisher = Allen & Unwin, Australia
| release_date = 2004
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages = 218
| isbn = 1741143691
| oclc=
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = His Other House
}}
Salt Rain is a 2004 novel by Australian novelist Sarah Armstrong.{{cite web|title= Austlit — Salt Rain by Sarah Armstrong |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C509279|access-date= 27 August 2023}}
Plot summary
After the disappearance of her mother Mae, fourteen-year-old Allie Curran goes to live with her aunt Julia in the small dairy farm where Mae grew up. Allie slowly comes to learn about her heritage, her family, and her mother's story. A reversal of the classic Australian theme of a child lost in the bush.
Notes
- Dedication: For Joel
Reviews
A reviewer for Publishers Weekly noted: "The novel's setting, a rainy farming valley in northern Australia, makes for effective atmosphere, but the backward-looking narrative moves slowly, mired in Allie's memories of Mae."{{cite web|title="Salt Rain" |publisher= Publishers Weekly|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59692-173-3|access-date= 27 August 2023}}
In Kirkus Reviews the writer agreed with that assessment: "Armstrong is talented, but her emotional delicacy is in danger of drowning in the portentous atmospherics."{{cite web|title="Salt Rain" |publisher= Kirkus Reviews, 26 April 2006|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarah-armstrong/salt-rain/|access-date= 27 August 2023}}
Awards and nominations
- 2005 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award{{cite web|title= Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-) |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v254|access-date= 27 August 2023}}
- 2005 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Fiction Book{{cite web|title= Austlit — Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Fiction Book (1999-2011) |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v940?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents|access-date= 27 August 2023}}