Unraveling Dark Secrets: Why "Ring of Salt" by Betsy Cornwell Will Haunt You Long After the Last Page
Reviewed by Elizabeth Austin
There are books you read, and then there are books that read you: books that reach into your heart and extract experiences you thought were yours alone, holding them up to the light so you can see them clearly. Betsy Cornwell’s (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster; September 2025) is that kind of book.
Ring of Salt traces Cornwell’s journey from a bright-eyed 24-year-old arriving in Ireland to a woman navigating the treacherous waters of escaping from an abusive marriage, and eventually, improbably, renovating an old knitting factory as a single mom in the Irish countryside. It’s memoir as survival manual, as love letter, and as witness statement.
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