Salt Rain is a 2004 novel by Australian novelist Sarah Armstrong.[1]
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| Author | Sarah Armstrong |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin, Australia |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 218 |
| ISBN | 1741143691 |
| Followed by | His Other House |
Plot summary
editAfter 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
edit- Dedication: For Joel
Reviews
editA 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."[2]
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."[3]
Awards and nominations
edit- 2005 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award[4]
- 2005 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Fiction Book[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Austlit — Salt Rain by Sarah Armstrong". Austlit. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ ""Salt Rain"". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ ""Salt Rain"". Kirkus Reviews, 26 April 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-)". Austlit. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Fiction Book (1999-2011)". Austlit. Retrieved 27 August 2023.