High tide in Tucson

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High tide in Tucson

essays from now or never

1st HarperPerennial ed.
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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 returnsto 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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HarperPerennial
Language
English
Pages
273

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High Tide in Tucson
2007, HarperCollins
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Cover of: High Tide in Tucson
High Tide in Tucson
2007, HarperCollins
Electronic resource in English
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High Tide in Tucson
July 9, 2001, Faber and Faber
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High tide in Tucson: essays from now or never
1996, Thorndike Press
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Cover of: High tide in Tucson
High tide in Tucson: essays from now or never
1996, HarperPerennial
in English - 1st HarperPerennial ed.
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High tide in Tucson: essays from now or never
1995, HarperCollins Publishers
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Table of Contents

High tide in Tucson
Creation stories
Making peace
In case you ever want to go home again
How Mr. Dewey Decimal saved my life
Life without go-go boots
The household zen
Semper fi
The muscle mystique
Civil disobedience at breakfast
Somebody's baby
Paradise lost
Confessions of a reluctant rock goddess
Stone soup
The spaces between
Postcards from the imaginary mom
The memory place
The vibrations of Djoogbe
Infernal paradise
In the belly of the beast
Jabberwocky
The forest in the seeds
Careful what you let in the door
The not-so-deadly sin
Reprise.

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New York

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Library of Congress
PS3561.I496 H54 1996, PS3561.I496 H54 1996, PS3561.I496H54 1995

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Pagination
xi, 273 p. :
Number of pages
273

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18217039M
Internet Archive
hightideintucson00king
ISBN 10
0060927569
Library Thing
2578
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
77263

First Sentence

"A hermit crab lives in my house."

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