High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never

Barbara Kingsolver

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"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.

Book Details

Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publish Date: Aug 30th, 1996
Pages: 304
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.40in - 0.90in - 0.60lb
EAN: 9780060927561
Categories: • Essays• American - General• Women Authors

About the Author

Kingsolver, Barbara: -

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible, as well as books of poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and Coyote's Wild Home, a children's book co-authored with Lily Kingsolver. She also collaborated with family members on the influential Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned a devoted readership at home and abroad. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has received numerous awards and honors including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Demon Copperhead, the National Humanities Medal, and most recently, the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and its Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia.

Praise for this book

"A book full of discoveries." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

"A delightful, challenging, and wonderfully informative book." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"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

"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

"Kingsolver possesses the rare ability to see the natural world with the keenness of both the poet and the naturalist." -- Washington Times

"The acclaimed novelist's extraordinary powers of observations and understanding of character serve her beautifully in this collection of essays." -- Entertainment Weekly

"Whether cultural, personal, or theoretical, Kingsolver's nonfiction is a delight." -- Seattle Times