{"product_id":"a-mouth-full-of-salt-9780863567728","title":"A Mouth Full of Salt","description":"The Nile brings them life, but the Nile also takes away.A small farming village in North Sudan wakes up one morning to the news that a little boy has drowned. Soon after, the animals die of a mysterious illness and the date gardens catch fire and burn to the ground. The villagers whisper of a sorceress who dwells at the foot of the mountains. It is the dry season. The men have places to go, the women have work to do, the children play at the place where the river runs over its own banks. Sixteen-year-old Fatima yearns to leave the village for Khartoum.In Khartoum, a single mother makes her way in a world that wants to keep girls and women back. As civil war swells, the political intrudes into the personal and her position in the capital becomes untenable. She must return to the village.A Mouth Full of Salt uncovers a country on the brink of seismic change as its women decide for themselves which traditions are fit for purpose - and which prophecies it's time to rewrite\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReem Gaafar is a writer, physician and\u003cbr\u003efilmmaker. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAfrican Arguments, African Feminism, \u003cbr\u003eTeakisi Magazine, Andariya \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e 500 Words Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Her\u003cbr\u003eshort story 'Light of the Desert' was published in \u003ci\u003eI Know Two Sudans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(2014) where it was awarded an Honourable Mention. Her short\u003cbr\u003estory 'Finding Descartes' was published in \u003ci\u003eRelations: An Anthology of\u003cbr\u003eAfrican and Diaspora Voices\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperVia, 2023). \u003ci\u003eA Mouth Full of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis her debut novel and Winner of the Island Prize 2023. Gaafar lives in Ontario, Canada\u003cbr\u003ewith her husband and three sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50888964309266,"sku":"9780863567728","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39b465c0-9149-473e-99b9-4faf4a385be3.jpg?v=1738159346","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-mouth-full-of-salt-9780863567728","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}