Salt Houses follows a Palestinian family through the generations as they live, love, and move throughout the Middle East and the world. The narrative structure is similar to Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, as each chapter is narrated by a different family member in a different time period, always moving forward in time.

What I liked the most was while the characters are obviously impacted by historical events (The Six Days War, 9/11, etc), they are not all major players in these events. Instead we see how these events have impact on "every day people" who are caught up in, for better or worse, living.

Readers who enjoy historical fiction and who would like to find empathy and commonality will find a lot to like in Alyan's novel.

While we discuss this book for my library's chapter of Book to Art Club, we'll be creating Rorschach ink prints out of various supplies. I wanted to do tea staining, but alas did not have the supplies.