By Ilie Ruby

Sisters Ruthie and Dolly—who are raised in the back of their mother’s station wagon and then later in an old motel turned retirement home on the ocean—are fiercely protective of each other and unaware of how far they have drifted from traditional society. Their mom raised them on the road, charting their course according to magic, myths and from the Old Farmer’s Almanac. When the sisters are suddenly forced to deal with their mother's death and all alone, they run wild in the night, getting into trouble, discovering and struggling with boundaries and sexuality. For Ruthie, tragedy strikes. Years later, Ruthie’s daughter is born with a secret that will challenge her ties to the women in her family and to the ocean. The Salt God's Daughter is a wonderful and magical tale of three generations of women, of mothers and daughters, of sisters, and of female sexuality ($17, amazon.com).