Thirst for Salt
Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas, published by National Geographic Books on March 7, 2023, is a literary work that explores the complexities of desire and memory. Set in an isolated Australian coastal town, the story follows a young woman who, after finishing college, finds herself drawn to a local man nearly twenty years her senior. As she spends her summer with her mother, she becomes immersed in the rhythms of his life, seeking the stability she has longed for amidst her family’s transient lifestyle.
Readers will discover a narrative that delves into themes of coming of age and psychological exploration. The protagonist’s relationship with Jude prompts her to confront her past and question her identity, leading to a profound reckoning with her desires and choices. With 262 pages of rich storytelling, Thirst for Salt presents a vivid portrayal of longing and the impact of memory, inviting readers to reflect on the ways the past shapes their present.
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“A love affair so richly and attentively imagined it carries the grace and gravity of memory itself.” —Leslie Jamison
It’s hard to remember now that I was once that girl, lying in the sand in my red swimsuit and swimming late into the day. Sharkbait, he called me.
It’s in the water where she first sees him: a local man almost twenty years her senior. Adrift in the summer after finishing college, a young woman is on holiday with her mother in an isolated Australian coastal town. Finding herself pulled to Jude, the man in the water, she begins losing herself in the simple, seductive rhythms of his everyday life.
As their relationship deepens, life at Sailors Beach offers her the stability she has been craving as the daughter of two drifters—a loving but impulsive mother and an itinerant father. But when she witnesses something she doesn’t fully understand, she finds herself questioning everything—about Jude, about herself, about the life she has and the one she wants.
A magnetic and unforgettable story of desire and its complexities, and a powerful reckoning with memory, loss and longing, Madelaine Lucas’s debut novel, Thirst for Salt, reveals with stunning, sensual immediacy the way the past can hold us in its thrall, shaping who we are and what we love.
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