Book Review: Our Cut of Salt
Author: Deena Helm Title: Our Cut of Salt Genre: Horror Number of Pages: 288 Plot Summary: Nuhad has not returned to her childhood home in Haifa since she was displaced during the Nakba in 1948, but neither she nor the house has forgotten the other. There has always been something strange about the home. Cats refuse to approach it, unexplained noises come from inside, and some of those who enter have disappeared entirely. After Nuhad's death, her granddaughter Marina travels to Haifa, determined to visit the ancestral home and learn more about the Palestinian culture and family history she has spent much of her life disconnected from. Her mother, Haifa, reluctantly agrees to the trip despite fears of her own. But as Marina grows closer to the house and begins experiencing disturbing dreams, strange encounters, and the terrifying sensation that she is drowning on dry land, it becomes clear that something buried in the family's past has never truly been laid to...
