{"id":3956,"date":"2017-07-27T16:56:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T16:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2017-07-27T16:56:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T16:56:45","slug":"holly-goddard-jones-the-salt-line-on-sale-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/industry-news\/press-release\/holly-goddard-jones-the-salt-line-on-sale-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Goddard Jones’ THE SALT LINE (on sale 9\/5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"the<\/a>\u201c\u2026[T]he narrative twists and turns\u2026. This mystery-like structure keeps the reader guessing<\/strong> as Jones switches seamlessly from evocative pastoral descriptions of North Carolina and Tennessee to action-packed scenes of violence. Along the way, she explores themes of environmental degradation, technological dependence, and corporate greed. At once dark, disturbing, and highly enjoyable, this is a timely novel bursting with ideas<\/strong>.\u201d \u2014 Booklist<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFans of Jones will appreciate her return to an ensemble-driven narrative<\/strong>, and new fans will find social commentary and intense thrills rolled into one seamless story<\/strong>. Outwardly an adventure story, this suspenseful novel uses a thrilling premise to examine the fallout of abandoning universal freedoms in order to ensure collective safety<\/strong>.\u201d \u2014 Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n

Such great buzz has been happening for THE SALT LINE<\/strong> over the last two months and here\u2019s a quick rundown of some highlights:<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Received a starred Kirkus<\/em> review that called the novel \u201cdarkly clever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Selected as a SIBA \u201cOkra\u201d pick, a program where the Southern Indie Bookseller Association highlights the top 12 books of the season to hand sell.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Named one of the best southern books of the year by Southern Living Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Praised as \u201cboth gripping and emotionally resonant, both suspenseful and heartfelt\u201d by Scott Smith, bestselling author of The Ruins<\/em> and A Simple Plan<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of Putnam\u2019s featured titles at BEA 2017<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, THE SALT LINE<\/strong> is a literary dystopian novel set in a not-so-distant future. U.S. borders have been redrawn and recede behind a \u201csalt line,\u201d a ring of scorched earth that protects citizens from a deadly disease-carrying tick.\u00a0 Those inside the salt line live a safe, comfortable life and only extreme adventure seekers journey beyond the line to the wilderness.\u00a0 When one group of thrill seekers ventures beyond the line, they quickly find themselves not only at the mercy of these deadly ticks but held captive by a community of outer-zone survivors.<\/p>\n

Advance Praise for THE SALT LINE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJones’ darkly clever worldbuilding creates a nightmare that seems far from unthinkable, from the bug-borne health crisis and climate issues to anti-abortion legislation (they call it feticide) and severe socio-economic division. It’s The Hunger Games<\/em><\/strong> meets The Godfather<\/em><\/strong> meets Robin Cook<\/strong>, with female characters playing all the key roles. Hell, yeah.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 Kirkus (starred review)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“The Salt Line<\/em> is a \u2018literary thriller\u2019 that manages to fulfill each side of that phrase with admirable vigor. It’s both gripping and emotionally resonant, both suspenseful and heartfelt. Holly Goddard Jones has a true storyteller\u2019s instinct for suspense, along with a deep gift for empathy. She\u2019ll make your heart race as you turn the pages, and then she\u2019ll crack it open a little before she\u2019s through.\u201d \u2014 Scott Smith, author of The Ruins <\/em>and A Simple Plan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“With this intense, arrestingly vivid fever dream, Holly Goddard Jones\u00a0fully realizes a completely original and wholly terrifying dystopian nightmare. Jones’s wild, ventriloquist talent unfurls in this novel like never before. Each magnetic character in The Salt Line<\/em> is boldly alive to the novel’s world, at once monstrous, uncanny, and yet entirely ours.” \u2014 Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Gold Fame Citrus <\/em>and Battleborn<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

About THE SALT LINE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner of the prestigious Southern Writers\u2019 Hillsdale Award for Fiction, the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers\u2019 Award and the Kentucky Literary Award, Holly Goddard Jones garnered outstanding praise from fellow writers Kate Atkinson (\u201crich in character\u2026immensely satisfying\u201d) and Gillian Flynn (\u201cmesmerizing\u201d) and rave reviews from the New York Times<\/em> (\u201cimpressive\u2026well-rounded\u201d) and USA Today<\/em> (\u201cbeautifully articulate\u201d) when her debut novel The Next Time You See Me<\/em> was released in 2013.\u00a0 Shifting from suspenseful contemporary fiction to literary dystopia, Jones returns this September with THE SALT LINE<\/strong> (Putnam; On Sale September 5, 2017<\/span>), a gripping story of survival and humanity.<\/p>\n

Set in the southeast in an undisclosed future, the United States has been divided into zones with metropolitan borders receding behind \u201csalt lines,\u201d rings of scorched earth that protect citizens from a deadly disease-carrying tick.\u00a0 Those inside the salt line live a safe, comfortable life, and only extreme adventure seekers and adrenaline junkies journey beyond the line to the American wilderness.\u00a0 When one group of thrill seekers \u2014 each with his and her own agenda \u2014 ventures beyond the line, they quickly find themselves not only at the mercy of these deadly ticks, but held captive by a community of outer-zone survivors determined to protect their own existence.<\/p>\n

Mirroring real-world issues from today\u2019s headlines, THE SALT LINE<\/strong> features a wealthy businessman with menacing political aspirations, an insect carrying a deadly disease, a great physical and societal divide between the wealthy and disenfranchised, and a future where abortion is outlawed. Into this dismal world, Jones brings strong diverse female protagonists who dominate the plotline, controlling their own stories instead of furthering those of male leads.<\/p>\n

THE SALT LINE<\/strong> is an engrossing read that will keep you up at night (and keep you feeling like something is crawling on you!).<\/p>\n

About HOLLY GODDARD JONES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Holly Goddard Jones <\/strong>is the author of The Next Time You See Me<\/em> and the story collection Girl Trouble<\/em>. She was a recipient of the Fellowship of Southern Writers\u2019 Hillsdale Award for Fiction and of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers\u2019 Award. She earned her MFA from Ohio State University and her BA from the University of Kentucky. She teaches creative writing at UNC Greensboro and lives in Greensboro with her husband, Brandon, and their two children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201c\u2026[T]he narrative twists and turns\u2026. This mystery-like structure keeps the reader guessing as Jones switches seamlessly from evocative pastoral descriptions of North Carolina and Tennessee to action-packed scenes of violence. Along the way, she explores themes of environmental degradation, technological dependence, and corporate greed. At once dark, disturbing, and highly …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1059],"tags":[1154,1155],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3958,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956\/revisions\/3958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfreader.com\/r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}