Book description
"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…
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Why read it?
1 author picked High Tide in Tucson as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I picked up this book randomly at a bookstore and fell in love with the intriguing cover (a hermit crab emerging from some nopales cactus in a wide open desert setting).
The book is as unexpected as this cover with the author touching on many subjects and making keen observations – her life in Tucson, Kentucky, and even Thoreau. Her writing is thoughtful and intelligent and this book still sits prominently on my bookshelf.
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