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Changing Tides
- Narrated by: Blake Somerset
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
Marine biologist Ben Ransome understands the sea, especially the tiny, beautiful sea slugs he has studied and admired for most of his life. What Ben doesn't understand are people, and now, one of the most important people in his life - his 16-year-old daughter, Caddie - is coming to live with him for the summer. But the sweet, happy child he remembers has been replaced by a wounded, angry stranger who resents everything about her father. Caddie is determined to act out in every way, leaving Ben feeling more alone than ever.
Hudson Jones has come to Monterey, California, to find the answers to all his questions. The young, ambitious graduate student believes he's found a lost John Steinbeck novel called Changing Tides that seems to hint at the author's love for his best friend, Ed "Doc" Ricketts. If he can prove it, his career will be made. And then, perhaps he can quiet the personal demons that haunt him. But first, he'll need some local help in his research, and Ben just may be able to supply him with access to the information he needs. It's clear to Hudson that the handsome, quietly passionate Ben needs some help, too - with Caddie and his life.
Sharing dinners and walks on the beach, intellectual discussions and heart-to-heart conversations, Ben and Hudson move from tentative friendship to a surprising, revelatory relationship, one with the power to point them toward the most important discoveries of their lives. For Ben, it's a summer of new beginnings, even as his daughter embarks on a dangerous course that will test the new happiness he's found....
Changing Tides is an extraordinary novel that explores the glorious flaws and frailties of human beings in the never-ending struggle to connect, to be open to love, and to embrace the unknown in order to live fully.
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- Pavellit Off
- 26-02-17
A solid, rich and utterly compelling story!
Where does Changing Tides rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
on the top!
What was one of the most memorable moments of Changing Tides?
I do not want to spoil it!
What does Blake Somerset bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Life,life,life!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Oh yes, but come on 15 hrs is not possible!
Any additional comments?
With some novels which switch usually the narrative between two characters you can lose the flow of the story. This novel is clever in the way that the three characters not only have completely different voices, but it deals with both straight and gay characters in equal measure, and in a fully fleshed and multidimensional way. Michael Thomas Ford uses many powerful detailed descriptions, additional stories and fabulous audio narration in Changing Tides that compliment to his characters grow and change over this long, hot summer.
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