Salt Lick
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
'A compelling fable of decline, a lament for a way of life, and a warning about what society is already becoming. It is a capsule of England and its dystopian present ... as sad and angry as it is memorable' Ronan Hession
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Why read it?
1 author picked Salt Lick as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I came across Salt Lick when hunting for novels on the topic of climate breakdown.
I was looking for writers who go beyond the doom and gloom, to find either rays of hope or at the very least a story where life and love might survive. For me, hope was an essential element in Jessie Lamb’s story. And in Salt Lick, Allison does deliver a dogged kind of hope for her strange trio of wandering central characters.
Beyond that, she delivers bewitchingly beautiful prose; her first page is a masterclass in description.
From Jane's list on believable British stories set in the near future.
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