The Blue Salt Road

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An earthly nourris sits and singsAnd aye she sings, Ba lilly wean,Little ken I my bairn s father,Far less the land that he staps in Child Ballad, no 113 So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas, and drama on the land The Blue Salt Road balances passion and loss, love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless, wild young man.Passion drew him to a new world, and trickery has kept him there without his memories, separated from his own people But as he finds his way in this dangerous new way of life, so he learns that his notions of home, and your people, might not be as fixed as he believed.Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, this is a stunning and original modern fairytale. Free Download [ The Blue Salt Road ] Author [ Joanne M. Harris ] – kino-fada.fr The Blue Salt Road is where the selkies dwell as kings and queens of the deep When a young woman named Flora needs to find a husband, she despairs of choosing any of the men on the small island where she lives They re hardened by work on the whaling ships and unrefined.But when Flora s grandmother teaches her a secret about mysterious beings called the selkies, she knows her search will soon be overIn tears he was summoned, salt as the sea,In silver was his binding In blood and betrayal, hi The Blue Salt Road is where the selkies dwell as kings and queens of the deep When a young woman named Flora needs to find a husband, she despairs of choosing any of the men on the small island where she lives They re hardened by work on the whaling ships and unrefined.But when Flora s grandmother teaches her a secret about mysterious beings called the selkies, she knows her search will soon be overIn tears he was summoned, salt as the sea,In silver was his binding In blood and betrayal, his calling he found.In cedar, his salvationpg 87Unlike other selkie stories I ve read, like Sealskin, the person summoned from the waves is male, not female I m sure the fairytale has been told both ways, but it s a nice change from other versions.Joanne Harris writes interesting and nuanced fantasy in which she takes a look at older stories and puts her own spin on them If y...Welp, I ate that up And you say Joanne Harris has written other fantasy folk books Lovely I ll read all of them.The line between song and myth is porous, and the Child Ballads have been fertile ground for Joanna M Harris lately The Brown Girl inspired A Pocketful of Crows, and now The Great Silkie Of Sule Skerry offers the starting point for The Blue Salt Road Harris understand storytelling and the power of the tradition of folk tales, but, like all the best artists, she makes it her own in this rich tale She takes you there, to the wide strand by the ocean, the poor village, the whaling ships, an The line between song and myth is porous, and the Child Ballads have been fertile ground for Joanna M Harris lately The Brown Girl inspired A Pocketful of Crows, and now The Great Silkie Of Sule Skerry offers the starting point for The Blue Salt Road Harris understand storytelling and the power of the tradition of folk tales, but, like all the best artists, she makes it her own in this rich tale She takes you there, to the wide strand by the ocean, the poor village, the whaling ships, and into the water itself, to a part of the world where both the Folk and the Selkie live Although the story ce...You d think I d be sick of selkie stories and retold fairytales by now but just when I think no retelling could surprise me, along comes Joanne Harris I loved this.I read this as the Ancient Runes read for the OWLs readathon I have to admit that retellings and stories based on folk tales are not my usual pick, but this one was sent to me and it had such beautiful illustrations that I couldn t resist it The story is a simple one of a love and betrayal, selkies and people of the sea, the Folk and their cunning andIt s the story that you ve probably already imagined, nothing new, but it s beautifully told and has dreamy illustrations to accompany it I read this as the Ancient Runes read for the OWLs readathon I have to admit that retellings and stories based on folk tales are not my usual pick, but this one was sent to me and it had such beautiful illustrations that I couldn t resist it The story is a simple one of a love and betrayal, selkies and people of the sea, the Folk and their cunning andIt s the story that you ...wordpress tumblr instagram twitter _____________________________And thou shalt marry a gunnerman proud,And a very proud gunner I m sure he ll be, And the very first shot that e er he shoots,He ll kill both my young son and me Our story begins with a young selkie, a seal that can shed his skin and walk on land as a man This selkie loves the tantalising taste of danger and walking so close to the Folk on land, who have been slaughtering his clan for years A passionate love affair e wordpress tumblr instagram twitter _____________________________And thou shalt marry a gunnerman proud,And a very proud gunner I m sure he ll be, And the very first shot that e er he shoots,He ll kill both my young son and me Our story begins with a young selkie, a seal that can shed his skin and walk on land as a man This selkie loves the tantalising taste of danger and walking so close to the Folk on land, who have been slaughtering his clan for years A passionate love affair ensues between the selkie and a wild, red haired woman named ...The Blue Salt Road is a fantastic folktale written by Joanne M Harris and beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins It s the kind of book to pick up on a blustery autumn day when you re tucked up somewhere nice and warm in front of a fire with a mug of hot chocolate and a few free hours to spend reading you ll definitely want to finish it in one sitting If you re familiar with selkie folktales you ll already know that they can remove their skin and walk on land as humans but that if som The Blue Salt Road is a fantastic folktale written by Joanne M Harris and beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins It s the kind of book to pick up on a blustery autumn day when you re tucked up somewhere nice and warm in front of a fire with a mug of hot chocolate and a few free hours to spend reading you ll definitely want to finish it in one sitting If you re familiar with selkie folktales you ll already know that they can remove their skin and walk on land as humans but that if someone steals their skin then they will be trapped in their human form and unable to return to the sea Joanne M Harris built her story around this premise and has created a story of curiosity, young love, betrayal and devastation.The selkies have l...Joanne M Harris The Blue Salt Road is the story of family, love, betrayal and new chances It draws from Selkie legends and is set in the arctic waters north of Scotland A selkie of the Grey Seal Clan falls in love with a young red headed woman of the island folk After a while, he wants to leave for warmer waters with winter coming, she wants him to stay and be a father and provider to her child and his Love becomes betrayal, and both young people must find their true selves in its afterma Joanne M Harris The Blue Salt Road is the story of family, love, betrayal and new chances It draws from Selkie legends and is set in the arctic waters north of Scotland A selkie of the Grey Seal Clan falls in love with a young red headed woman of the island folk After a while, he wants to leave for warmer waters with winter coming, she wants him to stay and be a father and provider to her child and his Love becomes betrayal, and both young people must find their true selves in its aftermath.Tactile and visually attractive, this book has a gorgeous cover and exquisite illustrations by Bonnie Helen Hawkins The story has a fairy tale feel, a reverse gender version of the Little Mermaid in som...Yay for fairy tales with nuance and grey characters and no clear line between good and evil Mistakes are made by everyone Everyone can be punished or forgiven for those mistakes.Ever since I started reading Joanne M Harris tales of Norse mythology, I have acquired an insatiable appetite forI can t seem to get enough of her work with myths, lore and folk tales When I saw that JMH was approaching the mythos of sea in The Blue Salt Road, I had to give it a go In 8 short volumes read this in one sitting Harris delves into the lore behind the Selkie They are mythical Seals who can shed their sealskins and take on a human form Therianthropy which allows them t Ever since I started reading Joanne M Harris tales of Norse mythology, I have acquired an insatiable appetite forI can t seem to get enough of her work with myths, lore and folk tales When I saw that JMH was approaching the mythos of sea in The Blue Salt Road, I had to give it a go In 8 short volumes read this in one sitting Harris delves into the lore behind the Selkie They are mythical Seals who can shed their sealskins and take on a human form Therianthropy which allows them to exist on land to walk amongst The Folk.The Selkie and The Folk are locked in an never ending war The Folk kill the Selkie for th...Hmm The writing is lovely And yet I liked Blue Salt Road, but at the same time I had little to none emotional attachment to the story or the characters And I vaguely remember the same thing happening with A Pocketful of Crows I have no idea why, which is completely unhelpful Oh well.

The Blue Salt Road
  • English
  • 12 April 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 215 pages
  • 1473222214
  • Joanne M. Harris
  • The Blue Salt Road