{"product_id":"sweet-salt-robert-mayer-9781612320526","title":"Sweet Salt","description":"TThe Long Walk of the Navajos continues in Sweet Salt, a novel of beauty and endurance by Robert Mayer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonument Valley is home to Nina Yazzie, a Navajo girl becoming a Navajo woman. In throbbing rhythms live with her through a hectic ride to a hospital at Tuba City. Bear the pain of the child within her, struggling to be born prematurely; witness her father, Not-So-Fast, who carries within him the curse of a wolf girl; her grandfather, One-Blue-Eye, who speaks in riddles of the wisdom of the Navajo Nation; and Michael, an anglo doctor, who treats her after a suicide attempt and becomes her friend, her confidant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her sheep as companions, walk with the child Nina through Monument Valley. With the older Nina, walk through Santa Fe, a city that seduces her to art and to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Robert Mayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious, imaginative... A rich cultural and psychological account. ...The Navajo rituals are fascinating.\"-Albuquerque Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Very rewarding and even a little hypnotic.\"-Santa Fe Reporter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mayer has the journalist's eye and the poet's touch.\"-Detroit News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Mayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 161232052X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612320526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Volumes, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.38d","brand":"Robert Mayer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110727340287,"sku":"9781612320526","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92c75f5c-b197-47cc-b8b4-e4ff5410c8bd.jpg?v=1725469593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sweet-salt-robert-mayer-9781612320526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}