Silver Salts

Shortlisted for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First NovelShortlisted for the 2009 Atlantic Book Awards Margaret and John Savage First Book AwardLillie Dempster of Saint John, New Brunswick, often imagines herself on the big screen. It is the one fantastic escape she can afford from her tragic daily life. In the burgeoning early years of the twentieth century, Lillie is a lot like the distressed damsels from the silent films she lo...