The highest tide by jim lynchaudiobook excerpt youtube. Publishers weekly as crisp and clean as a cool dip. He writes about his childhood growing up along the beach. Read the highest tide a novel by jim lynch available from rakuten kobo. By moonlight, the mud flats are an enormous glistening disc. Miles omalley, yearold insomniac, naturalist, worshipper of rachel carson, and dweller on the mud flats of skookumchuck bay, at the south end of puget sound. A washington state native, lynch currently writes and sails from his home in olympia, where he lives with his wife and daughter. Buy the highest tide by jim lynch from waterstones today. The website for novelist jim lynch, author of the highest tide and border songs.
The highest tide drama 2008 jim lynch s comingofage adventure story set on the pacific coast, adapted by rebecca trickwalker. Ketchikan, alaska jim lynch lives and writes in olympia, washington an unlikely place for the unlikely hero of his first novel. Jim lynchs prose in this first novel is often neatly lyrical. The highest tide by jim lynch overdrive rakuten overdrive. Its smart and unique to link these with one wonderfully rendered character, still trying to have a hand in how his city will go. But miless aquatic observations cannot be undone, and as summer draws to a close, inhabitants of puget sound prepare for a national blitzkrieg of media and scientific attention and the highest tide in 40 years, all of which threatens everything miles holds dear.
Buy a cheap copy of the highest tide book by jim lynch. The highest tide is a poignant comingofage story and a gripping novel of natural wonder about one boys enchantment with the sea during a summer that will change his life, and the lives around him. Seeing the world through the eyes of his narrator, miles omalley, is to see the world with a rapturous freshness that is, it seems to me, the essence of a fine book. On land, the rickety plot could have used some shoring up. With climate change and global warming at the forefront of societys concerns and the boxing day tsunami disaster of 2004 still fresh in our minds, the highest tide feels very much a book of its time. Rejacketed by lynch, jim from amazons fiction books store. But miles is really just a kid on the verge of growing up, infatuated with the girl next door, worried that his parents will divorce and fearful that everything. Lynch was determined to write a book set in the area and was, in. The highest tide one moonlit night, thirteenyearold miles omalley, a speedreading, rachel carsonobsessed insomniac out looking for tidal specimens in puget sound, discovers a giant squid stranded on the beach. The highest tide by jim lynch is an excellent book to introduce students to both. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. He makes money by collecting small sea creatures and selling them for example starfish. Theme in jim lynchs book the highest tide research, essay. Rick simonson, elliott bay book company truth like the sun, read after jim lynch s celebrated highest tide, confirms the tidal wave.
A spellbinding first novel about a young boys fascination with the wonders of the seashore during a summer that will change his life. Highest tide by jim lynch one moonlit night, thirteenyearold miles omalley sneaks out of his house and goes exploring on the tidal flats of puget sound. First and foremost however, the highest tide is a pacific northwest book. When he discovers a rare giant squid, he instantly becomes a local phenomenon.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Thirteen years old miles omalley is small for his age, but has an encyclopaedic knowledge about the ocean and its multitudinous life forms. Thirteenyearold miles escapes the fallout of his parents impending divorce by taking his kayak out on the mudflats at night, looking for rare sea creatures to sell to the local aquarium. The main character of jim lynchs debut novel, the highest tide, is the smallest yearold on the washington coast. Review of the highest tide by jim lynch, plus backstory and other interesting facts about the book. The first few engaging chapters poetically depict the sea and its inhabitants with flare. Download the highest tide ebook for free in pdf and epub format. A novel is a 2005 young adult novel by author jim lynch. Jim lynch born 1961 is an american author of four novels. Luis alberto urrea, hummingbirds daughter in before the wind, author jim lynch tells the engaging tale of the johannssens, a sailing family thats like a distillation of all the eccentric, funny and cranky sailors youve ever met. Jim lynch has won national journalism awards and published short fiction in literary magazines, and he spent four years as the puget sound reporter for the oregonian. Jim lynch is the author of three novels, the highest tide, border songs and truth like the sun. Ketchikan, alaska jim lynch lives and writes in olympia, washington an unlikely place for. Seeing the world through the eyes of his narrator, miles omalley, is to see the world with a rapturous freshness that is.
Jim lynch has won national journalism awards and published short fiction in literary magazines. The highest tide by jim lynch one moonlit night, thirteenyearold miles omalley slips out of his house, packs up his kayak and goes exploring on the flats of puget sound. Jim lynchs book has done that for me and when i saw the disparate ages of his readers at a recent author visit, i realized that he has done that for a lot of other people, for a lot of other reasons, too. Before becoming a fulltime novelist lynch wrote for newspapers throughout the northwest and beyond, winning the livingston award for young journalists. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The highest tide introduction it is the first novel by jim lynch, an author who lives and writes about the pacific northwest. A novel by jim lynch and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Listen to this audiobook excerpt from jim lynchs book the highest tide,a spellbinding first novel about a young boys fascination with the wonders of the seashore during a summer that will change his life. The highest tide one moonlit night, thirteenyearold miles omalley, a speedreading, rachel carsonobsessed insomniac out looking for tidal specimens in puget sound, discovers a. Jim lynch the highest tide is performed on stage this month at harlequin theater in olympia instagram. Listen to this audiobook excerpt from jim lynchs book the highest tide,a spellbinding first novel about a young boys fascination with the wonders of the seashore during a.
Jim lynch is the author of the novels the highest tide, border songs and truth like the sun, all of which were performed on stage and won prizes, including an indies choice honor book award, a pacific northwest booksellers award and a dashiell hammett prize finalist. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. The highest tide by jim lynch book club discussion. Listen to this audiobook excerpt from jim lynch s book the highest tide,a spellbinding first novel about a young boys fascination with the wonders of the seashore during a summer that will change his life. The highest tide also available in format docx and mobi. A stunning comingofage novel about one boys mystical bond to the sea. Apr 04, 2006 the highest tide by jim lynch one moonlit night, thirteenyearold miles omalley slips out of his house, packs up his kayak and goes exploring on the flats of puget sound. The tidal world in the highest tide, brandon being immersed in. The kindle ebook is instantly available and can be read on any device with the free. The main character of jim lynch s debut novel, the highest tide, is the smallest yearold on the washington coast. Apr 12, 2012 listen to this audiobook excerpt from jim lynch s book the highest tide,a spellbinding first novel about a young boys fascination with the wonders of the seashore during a summer that will change.
Luis alberto urrea, hummingbirds daughter in before the wind, author jim lynch tells the engaging tale of the johannssens, a sailing family thats like a distillation of all the. The highest tide, released in 2005, has been a bestseller in the united states and the united kingdom. His next novel, before the wind, will be released in april 2016. Buy the highest tide by lynch, jim from amazons fiction books store. The highest tide by jim lynch audio book simply audiobooks. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Jim lynch spent four years as the puget sound reporter for the oregonian, and has won national journalism awards and published short fiction in literary magazines. Read the highest tide online, read in mobile or kindle. Jim lynch does for sailing what a river runs through it did for flyfishing.
The highest tide is a poignant comingofage story and a gripping novel of natural wonder about one boys enchantment with the sea during. The novel won the pacific northwest bookseller award and has been translated into ten languages and adapted to the stage where it was performed by bookit theater in spring 2008. He is obsessed with the beach and spends most of his time there. You know its time to buy your own copy when youve checked out the same book more than three times from the library, and for me this is certainly true of jim lynch s the highest tide. Jim lynch the highest tide is performed on stage this. It went on to receive the pacific northwest booksellers association award in 2006. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Above all the book is blessed by a genuine sense of. In the highest tide, jim lynch has written a masterful first novel, gracefully weaving together the wonders of the sea and the wonders of our humanity.
To ask other readers questions about the highest tide, please sign up. Hes a speedreading insomniac who is obsessed with rachel carson and the troubled girl next door, and who would rather spend time with the creatures of the tidal flats outside his home than with other kids his age. Theme in jim lynchs book the highest tide research, essay sample. Becoming a member of the lovereading community is free. Click to read more about the highest tide by jim lynch.
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