Discuss Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia: Compare and contrast the mother-daughter relationships in this novel. Which relationship did you connect with the most?

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Of Women and Salt

A kaleidoscopic portrait of generations of women from a 19th-century Cuban cigar...

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Created: 04/26/21

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Posted Apr. 26, 2021

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Compare and contrast the mother-daughter relationships in this novel. Which relationship did you connect with the most?

Posted Jun. 04, 2021

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RE: Compare and contrast the mother-...

I am not sure that I connected to this relationship most - but I understood the relationship between Carmen and Jeanette. I understood why Carmen would empty her hands of Jeanette and put her out of her life. Alcoholism effects everyone connected to the alcoholic. In one sense the alcoholic has the easy road - they do not have to worry about the health and life of the alcoholic - they just go ahead and drink and ruin everyone's life - oblivious to the pain and worry.