The Saltwater Goddess

The Saltwater Goddess The wetlands are grieving. A man contracted to clear a road through what remains of them has a gradual awakening, as the coastal community rallies to halt this ecological fiasco. Characters drawn from two centuries and beyond of Western Australian History (pirates, Irish Fenians, indigenous elders, post-world war two Italian migrants, ghosts, and lighthouse keepers among them), and their contemporary descendants embroiled in the wetlands campaign, grapple with their surprise encounters with the exiled Saltwater Goddess, while navigating the intricacies of human relationships. Meanwhile, the ubiquitous sea wind watches and waits, as the goddess begins her long-awaited return. The Saltwater Goddess is an evocative Magical Realism novel for adults. It is the story of the eco-political issues of our time, an age beset by corporate greed, set in the fragile, coastal landscape of an isolated continent. At the same time, it is a multi-generational coming-of-age tale about love, community, masculinity, and the re-emergence of the power of the archetypal Feminine—universal, timeless, and capable of cracking open the most hardened human heart.