num_pages: 264
description: Salt Water and Other Stories a brilliant collection of nine clearly rendered, sensuous tales of women coming together and drifting apart. Each story is marked by fully realized characterizations, accessible and intellectual themes, and passionate writing. The title piece explores the relationship between an American professor and a Swedish-German painter where love may be delusion, romance, or obsession. In "Is This Enough For You," two women are torn between what may be profound love and the ties each has to an unsuspecting lover. In "Archaeology," the remains of a childhood home become the catalyst for the introspective examination of changing values. Barbara Wilson has become known for putting her heart on the page, and Salt Water and Other Stories is an example of this at its shining best.
language: English
title: Salt Water and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Salt Water and Other Stories
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 12
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Fiction
publisher: Alyson Books