High Tide In Tucson: Essays From Now Or Never

Author: Barbara Kingsolver

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Price : $29.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780571179503
Publisher : Faber & Faber
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Publication date : November 2012
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Availability date : November 2012
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Author : Barbara Kingsolver
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Dewey classification : 814.54
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Pages : 288
BIC subject : Essays, journals, letters & other prose works
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A collection of pieces in which Barbara Kingsolver, author of the novel "Pigs in Heaven", explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. The topics include Kentucky, housework, promiscuity, health clubs, the Canary Islands, rock and roll, space rockets, and Thoreau.

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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.

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Barbara Kingsolver's thirteen books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction include the novels The Bean Trees and the international bestseller The Poisonwood Bible which, amongst other accolades, won the 2005 Penguin/Orange Reading Group Book of the Year award. Her most recent novel is The Lacuna.

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