by Jim Lynch · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747579380
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«The Highest Tide» is Jim Lynch's coming-of-age novel, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Young Miles O'Malley, obsessed with marine life, finds a giant squid stranded in Puget Sound and becomes a local celebrity. With the highest tide in fifty years looming, he experiences first love, his parents' crisis, and the certainty that everything changes: a story about scientific fascination and the transition to maturity.
The work was awarded the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award in 2006.
For readers of contemporary fiction and coming-of-age stories, with an interest in nature and ecology.
Jim Lynch is an American author of four novels. His work has been compared to authors including John Steinbeck, Ken Kesey, Tom Robbins, and Richard Russo.
