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Title: High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0-06-092756-9 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 09 October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.24 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Exceptional Writing
Comment: This collection of essays is nothing less than an ecstatic celebration of life, expressed through exceptional writing. Kingsolver's perspective is multi-dimensional: the perspective of a scientist, writer, and rock 'n roll keyboardist. The attention she brings to the natural world in her writing accomplishes what good writing should: it expands the universe and brings critical attention to things we might otherwise take for granted or never have even thought about. These essays are human and believable. I particularly admire Kingsolver's ability to weave her belief-system (her feelings and thoughts about alternative familes, feminism, sustainability and the environment) into her writing without apology. Kingsolver writes about Hermit crabs, her daughter, a trip to the Canary Islands, writing, West Africa and other phenomena of the human condition. Anyone interested in creative nonfiction -- or life, for that matter -- shoudl read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hermit Crabs have new meaning for us . . .
Comment: This well-written and entertaining book was partially responsible for my move to Tucson. My husband and I discussed moving to a warmer climate for the winter and Tucson "won" after I read Kingsolver's book. I also enjoyed hearing her soft, comfortable voice on tape as she read these essays to us on one long, cross-country journey. Thank you for this, and all your books Ms. Kingsolver. I've been a fan for years.
Rating: 5
Summary: Second reading, even better than the first
Comment: The essays in this book speak to the troubles of today's world because they are timeless. I feel like standing on the roof top and offering Barbara Kingsolver's wisdom and love of life and all it encompasses to all who pass by. The essays are a wake up call without being strident while at the same time a salve to my soul and a voice of reason. Let alone the fact that Kingsolver is a fabulous writer.
Somehow for me, it is the time to immerse myself in Kingsolver's words and ideas. I also re-read "Small Wonder" and I'm now savoring "Animal Dreams". I can only suggest that other readers might enjoy her books for the first time or second or third.
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Title: Small Wonder : Essays by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060504080 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Homeland and Other Stories by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060917016 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 23 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060921145 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 006109868X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Prodigal Summer: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver ISBN: 0060959037 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 16 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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