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Above the Salt: A Novel by Katherine Vaz is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America. "Vaz's work is gorgeous at every level—singing sentences and pull-you-in plot. She is the real thing, an American treasure." —Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage John Alves, son of a famous Presbyterian martyr on the Portuguese island of Madeira, spends his childhood in jail and in poverty. When he meets Mary Freitas—though the adopted daughter of a master botanist, her true lineage is the subject of dangerous rumor—a spark kindles a lasting bond. But soon their families must confront the rising blood tide of warfare between Catholics and Protestants. Fleeing with only what they can carry, John and Mary are separated and arrive at different times and places in a rapidly growing and changing mid-nineteenth-century Illinois. Years later, John settles into his life as an educator at Jacksonville's nationally renowned school for the deaf, and Mary is a gardener in Springfield for handsome, wealthy Edward Moore. After John and Mary reconnect, the home of rising politician Abraham Lincoln

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Author
Katherine Vaz
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Published
2023
Language
EN
ISBN
9781250873835
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction

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