The Salt Eaters Av Toni Cade Bambara

<p><b>''A book full of marvels'' <i>New Yorker</i></b><br><br>The American Deep South, in the 1970s. Velma Henry, once a formidable political activist, has grown weary and disillusioned with the fight for civil rights. She wants to end it all. But then she finds herself in the hands of a Black faith community, and the fabled healer Minnie Ransom. As she works through the rage and fear of her traumatic past, Velma finds herself changing, becoming whole and, maybe, free. <i>The Salt Eaters</i> is a boldly optimistic, profound exploration of memory, the self, power and Black health as liberation.<br><br>''A hymn to individual courage'' <i>The Times Literary Supplement</i><br><br>''Her characters inhabit the nonlinear, sacred space and sacred time of traditional African religion'' <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p>