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High Tide in Tucson: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

High Tide in Tucson: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

by Barbara Kingsolver (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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    Hardcover 1996

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Synopsis

"There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature," raves the Washington Post Book World, and it is right. She has been nominated three times for the ABBY award, and her critically acclaimed writings consistently enjoy spectacular commercial success as they entertain and touch her legions of loyal fans. In "High Tide in Tucson", she returns to her familiar themes of family, community, the common good and the natural world. The title essay considers Buster, a hermit crab that accidentally stows away on Kingsolver's return trip from the Bahamas to her desert home, and turns out to have manic-depressive tendencies. Buster is running around for all he's worth-- one can only presume it's high tide in Tucson. Kingsolver brings a moral vision and refreshing sense of humor to subjects ranging from modern motherhood to the history of private property to the suspended citizenship of human beings in the Animal Kingdom. Beautifully packaged, with original illustrations by well-known illustrator Paul Mirocha, these wise lessons on the urgent business of being alive make it a perfect gift for Kingsolver's many fans.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 09 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0571179509
ISBN 13: 9780571179503
Book Overview: 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.

Media Reviews
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
Author Bio
Barbara Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned a devoted readership. In 2010 she won the Orange Prize for The Lacuna and her 2012 novel Flight Behaviour was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Before she made her living as a writer, Kingsolver earned degrees in biology and worked as a scientist. She now lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.