The Highest Tide : A Novel

Lynch, Jim - RARE SIGNED FIRST!

ISBN 10: 1582346054 / ISBN 13: 9781582346052

Published by Bloomsbury New York, 2005

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Brilliant first printing of the first edition hardback, SIGNED on the title page. Perfect. A handsome production as well, with two colour binding and an untrimmed leading edge to the text block, which is unique to the first printing. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Highest Tide : A Novel
• Publisher: Bloomsbury New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582346054
• ISBN 13: 9781582346052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

A mesmerizing, allegorical, and beautifully wrought first novel about one boy's fascination with the sea during the summer that will change his life.

One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley slips out of his house, packs up his kayak and goes exploring on the flats of Puget Sound. But what begins as an ordinary hunt for starfish, snails, and clams is soon transformed by an astonishing sight: a beached giant squid. As the first person to ever see a giant squid alive, the speed-reading Rachel Carson-obsessed insomniac instantly becomes a local curiosity. When he later finds a rare deepwater fish in the tidal waters by his home, and saves a dog from drowning, he is hailed as a prophet. The media hovers and everyone wants to hear what Miles has to say.

But Miles is really just a teenager on the verge of growing up, infatuated with the girl next door, worried that his bickering parents will divorce, and fearful that everything, even the bay he loves, is shifting away from him. While the sea continues to offer up discoveries from its mysterious depths, Miles struggles to deal with the difficulties that attend the equally mysterious process of growing up. In this mesmerizing, beautifully wrought first novel, we witness the dramatic sea change for both Miles and the coastline that he adores over the course of a summer―one that will culminate with the highest tide in fifty years.

About the Author

Jim Lynch has won national journalism awards and published short fiction in literary magazines. A Washington state native, Lynch currently writes and sails from his home in Olympia, where he lives with his wife and daughter.