High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never - Hardcover

Kingsolver, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060172916 ISBN 13: 9780060172916

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

Synopsis

Twenty-six original essays explore themes of family, community, and the natural world while considering such specific topics as modern motherhood, paper dolls, and high-tide oysters. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.

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Review:

"Kingsolver's essays should be savored like quiet afternoons with a friend.... [She] speaks in a language rich with music and replete with good sense.""--New York Times Book Review""A delightful, challenging, and wonderfully informative book." "--San Francisco Chronicle""The acclaimed novelist's extraordinary powers of observations and understanding of character serve her beautifully in this collection of essays." "--Entertainment Weekly""Ms. Kingsolver possesses the rare ability to see the natural world with the keenness of both the poet and the naturalist." "--Washington Times""A book full of discoveries.""--Cleveland Plain Dealer""Whether cultural, personal, or theoretical, Kingsolver's nonfiction is a delight.""--Seattle Times""Brilliant...lucid, well thought-out, and remarkably sensitive. Kingsolver's power will linger long after you've finished "High Tide in Tucson.""--Kansas City Star""Clever...magical...beautifully crafted. Kingsolver spins you around the philosophic world a dozen times.""--Milwaukee Sentinel"

Book Description:

In High Tide in Tucson, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world with the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0060172916
• ISBN 13: 9780060172916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 273
• Illustrator: Mirocha Paul