If one could retitle the novel "Salt to the Sea", another befitting title would be: "The Importance of Family".
<h3>What is Salt to the Sea about?</h3>
The title alludes to the deaths aboard the MV Wilhelm Gustloff. It also alludes to the process by which salt dissolves back into the sea as a metaphor for the loss of life, culture, and identity in both those who perished in the tragedy and those who survived only to become refugees in a new nation.
The title of a text usually is a pointer to what the subject matter is about.
