Marianne Apostolides has written a rich, textured memoir in Deep Salt Water. This work is about abortion and its outcomes, but it also explores the overall sense of the nature of life, how it comes about, and how it is destroyed.
In this delicate balance of themes, Apostolides also weaves a narrative about the ecological destruction of our planet. People are making choices to maintain life or destroy it; the complexity of these decisions, both on a micro and macro level, is the fuel behind Apostolides’ narrative. We are all cut from one cloth. What we decide has a wide impact. Apostolides holds us to account with passion and empathy.
Like all her books, Deep Salt Water has a firm sense of drive, mission, and the overarching sense of necessity. Apostolides has the rare gift of presenting us with writing which has the emotive tone of absolute and rich compulsion. When all of these are taken together, it is inevitable that the reader will be profoundly rewarded by this remarkable book.
In this delicate balance of themes, Apostolides also weaves a narrative about the ecological destruction of our planet. People are making choices to maintain life or destroy it; the complexity of these decisions, both on a micro and macro level, is the fuel behind Apostolides’ narrative. We are all cut from one cloth. What we decide has a wide impact. Apostolides holds us to account with passion and empathy.
Like all her books, Deep Salt Water has a firm sense of drive, mission, and the overarching sense of necessity. Apostolides has the rare gift of presenting us with writing which has the emotive tone of absolute and rich compulsion. When all of these are taken together, it is inevitable that the reader will be profoundly rewarded by this remarkable book.
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