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High Tide in Tucson

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First edition (publ. HarperCollins)

High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never is a 1995 book of 25 essays by author Barbara Kingsolver exploring universal ideas such as family, community, ecology, and social consciousness.[1] The book is titled after the first essay, in which she realizes that a hermit crab she accidentally brought home while beachcombing in the Bahamas still times its activity to the rise and fall of the tides, even in an aquarium in Tucson, Arizona.[1][2] The crab serves as a metaphor for a situation in Kingsolver's own life.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "High Tide in Tucson". Virginia Quarterly Review. Vol. 72, no. 2. 1996. pp. 67–68. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
  2. ^ a b Braun, Janice (1995). "Book Reviews: Arts & Humanities". Library Journal. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via EBSCOhost.