Moon Tide [Paperback]

Dawn Clifton Tripp (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Random House Inc; 1St Edition edition (2002)
• ASIN: B002PNH986
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read. Highly recommend Moon Tide., November 2, 2003

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Claire M. Alemian - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Tide: A Novel (Hardcover)

From the opening pages of Moon Tide, the reader senses an intensity of mood for each character we meet that ultimately mirrors the build-up of the Hurricane. The lyrical prose captures beautifully the lives and passions of each character and draws the reader in to what becomes a powerful story. As the book unfolds, one of the great joys for me was discovering the suprises that you did not expect, especially in relation to Eve and Maggie. I could not have predicted any of it and loved the book more because of that. Throughout the book, I found myself reading passages again and again for their beauty but then rushing on to find out what happened next. By the end of Moon Tide, each of the characters we have come to know makes a decision that reflects the path they have been on throughout their lives. Only at the end does it all tie together, making this reader want the next door to open and the story to go on.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT read, July 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Moon Tide: A Novel (Hardcover)

This book should appeal to a wide variety of audiences, not just to the female and literary audiences its marketing has targetted. Anyone who appreciates fully fleshed out and wonderfully diverse characters, thrashing through the complexities of lived lives in a real place (Westport, Mass.) and a real time (from near the end of World War I through the devastating hurricane of 1938), should love this book -- as will anyone who treasures thick description; reading this book you will come to smell and taste the air and the water and the sand and the mud where the characters spend time eeling, fishing, gardening, reading, and otherwise living their lives. But these are not small lives, for they are caught up in a larger set of cultural and economic changes, and then, ultimately in the leveling ferocity of the weather brought in by the 1938 hurricane. This book has been out less than a week and already in some places it has sold out on the basis of word of mouth; so you can take their word, and not just mine, that this is a great read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting, Provocative Delight, July 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Moon Tide: A Novel (Hardcover)

What a delight to have Moon Tide grace the bookshelves right in time for summer vacation reading! Tripp's poetic language, well-drawn imagery, and lush metaphors are captivating. How lovely to be transported into the lives of this very small, yet diverse, seaside community. This is a haunting tale of longing, loss, and dreams. Where the memories of past landscapes haunt, where the town becomes a conglomeration of year-rounders versus summer people, where nature, in the form of the Hurricane of '38, defies all. An intelligent, beautiful, and engaging read!