THE LOST SALT GIFT OF BLOOD Alistair MacLeod Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1989. 160pp, paper, $5.95 ISBN 0-7710-9969-X. (New Canadian Library series). CIP Secondary / Adult Reviewed by Elaine Blakey. Volume 18 Number 3 1990 May "Focussing on the complexities and abiding mysteries at the heart of human relationships, the seven stories of The Lost Salt Gift of Blood map the close bonds and impassable chasms that lie between man and woman, parent and child." The stories are set in Cape Breton and describe the life of that part of Canada with all of its beauty and its isolation. Joyce Carol Gates, in the afterword, states, "MacLeod is so natural a storyteller," that each story gives "the satisfying sense of being part of a large, generous, imaginative whole." Highly recommended for high school and adult readers. Elaine Blakey, Red Deer, Alta.