The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch

The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch

One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley, a speed-reading, Rachel Carson-obsessed insomniac out looking for tidal specimens in Puget Sound, discovers a giant squid stranded on the beach. As the first person to see a giant squid alive, he finds himself hailed as a prophet. But Miles is really just a kid 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. As 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 stunning prose, author Jim Lynch puts sea life into a kaleidoscope where swirling shapes burst and reconfigure in continuous life-affirming wonder.The balance of elegance, groundedness and style is remarkable.-San Francisco Chronicle
An irresistible coming-of-age fable, dappled with lyricism, briny honesty and good humor. It's as if Carson herself (or, say, John McPhee) had turned to fiction, bringing an exacting sense of the ebb and flow of nature to the story of one largely unsupervised boy and the exploration of his surroundings.-Los Angeles Times
Unforgettable. A] classic coming-of-age story, told with wry wit and quirky mating-marine-life facts.-Seattle Times
In his superb first novel, Olympia's Jim Lynch has achieved a unique literary Triple Crown: 1) best coming-of-age novel set in the Pacific Northwest in recent memory; 2) best novel to resurrect the writing of the visionary Rachel Carson; 3) best novel to educate people about that mysteriously awesome place where freshwater meets the sea.-Oregonian
The fertile strangeness of marine tidal life becomes a subtly executed metaphor for the bewilderments of adolescence in this tender and authentic coming-of-age novel.-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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About the Author, Jim Lynch Website: www.2020players.com Flunking Chemistry Class: The Baseball Players, is the fourth novel written by Jim Lynch. Mr. Lynch's previous novels include: -Seekers, Sinners & Simpletons: The Spirituality Players (published in 2013) -The 2020 Players: A Futuristic Account of the 2020 Presidential Election Year (published in 2011) and -The Rhapsody Players: The Sensuous Pursuit of Health, Happiness and Longevity (published in August 2010.) Jim is currently working on his fifth novel: The Wasted Generation (due for completion in early 2015.) Prior to his writing career Jim was engaged as a visionary business executive who spent more than 35 years leading other professionals in both entrepreneurial pursuits as well as big business endeavors. He started his career with eight years experience as an investigator for James J. Lynch Investigation and Security Services. He then spent the core of his business career (22 years) as an executive with AT&T. After retiring as an officer of AT&T, Jim returned to his entrepreneurial roots and founded a thriving sales consulting business, and co-founded a successful IT outsourcing business. Then he was one of four entrepreneurs who founded Rhapsody Holdings in 2007. In addition to his career as a business executive Mr. Lynch also gives back to the community through his interaction with several nonprofit causes. He is an active member of the Board of Trustees for the Hunterdon Healthcare System as well as the Hunterdon Medical Center. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for SOAR, a Washington DC based charity that assists aging members of the clergy. Jim and his wife Debbie reside in Hunterdon County in western New Jersey, where they have raised eight children together.

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ISBN 13	9781582346052
ISBN 10	1582346054
Title	The Highest Tide
Author	Jim Lynch
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Usa
Year published	2005-09-01
Number of pages	272
Prizes	Winner of Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (Regional Book) 2006
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.