Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver | 
The Disappointment Artist
by Jonathan Lethem | 
Alibis
by Andre Aciman | 
Farther Away
by Jonathan Franzen | 
In Praise of Messy Lives
by Katie Roiphe | 
Vintage Didion
by Joan Didion | 
Broken Vessels
by Andre Dubus | 
Meditations from a Movable Chair
by Andre Dubus | 
Books v. Cigarettes
by George Orwell | 
When I Was a Child I Read Books
by Marilynne Robinson | 
On Looking
by Lia Purpura | 
The Patch
by John McPhee | 
Feel Free
by Zadie Smith | 
The Second Tree from the Corner
by E. B. White | 
How to Be Alone
by Jonathan Franzen | 
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver | 
The Man Who Ate Everything
by Jeffrey Steingarten | 
The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard |
Tell Me More
by Kelly Corrigan | 
It Must've Been Something I Ate
by Jeffrey Steingarten |
With the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet, Barbara Kingsolver explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. Defiant, funny and courageously honest, High Tide in Tucson is an engaging and immensely readable collection from one of the most original voices in contemporary literature.