High Tide in Tucson

Essays from Now or Never

By: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver

""Clever. . . magical. . . beautifully crafted. Kingsolver spins you around the philosophic world a dozen times."" — Milwaukee Sentinel

""Kingsolver's essays should be savored like quiet afternoons with a friend."" —New York Times Book Review

In this brilliant essay collection, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver turns to her favored literary terrain to explore themes of family, community, and the natural world.

With the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Kingsolver writes about notions as diverse as modern motherhood, the history of private property, and the suspended citizenship of humans in the animal kingdom. Kingsolver's canny pursuit of meaning from an inscrutable world compels us to find instructions for life in surprising places: a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, an iconographic family of paper dolls, the ethics of a wild pig who persistently invades a garden, a battle of wills with a two-year-old, or a troop of oysters who observe high tide in the middle of Illinois.

In sharing her thoughts about the urgent business of being alive, Kingsolver the essayist employs the same keen eyes, persuasive tongue, and understanding heart that characterize her acclaimed fiction. In High Tide in Tucson, Kingsolver is defiant, funny, and courageously honest.

Thoughtful

Love Kingsolver! Her essays are thought provoking and lyrical. Pertinent in 2025 as they were in 1999.

Joyful

Each night owl listen reveals new delights. Another confirmation of why I anxiously await for more.

I love love love her books. I can't wait for a new

I love that she reads her own work for the Audible books. It's an awesome voice to listen to. And I feel that I'm hearing the voice that is in the story.

Timeless, Genuine & Wonderful!!!

Read this at least 30years ago and a friend recommended I listen to it! Fell in LOVE once again with BK!!!

Perfection

For some reason, I’ve had this in my library for probably a couple of years but never read/listened to it. BK’s writing is beautiful & I love her narration. (If you’re looking for a full novel, check out Prodigal Summer - my favorite.) I think of myself as not preferring to listen to essays, but I was reminded that some of these stories are perfect. Thought provoking & thoughtfully impactful language. Don’t hesitate!