Salt To The Sea Theme Quotes

Salt symbolizes several related themes in the book, including grief and healing from it, not only in terms of the sea’s salt but also the way that salt occurs as an imperfection in precious stones. For me, this symbolizes life’s traumas that, on the one hand, can be “polished” from us (healed) by the love of family, community, belonging—but also, on the other hand, the losses and pains of life that we have no choice but to endure. In its own way, grief and healing make us the precious stones that we are.

Dona is not doing it because she is forced to', Jill would say to the audience, with their hats and cameras, attentively sitting along the bleachers, which would shortly be soaked in salt water. 'Dona is doing this because she actually wants to'.