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Marine biologist Ben Ransome is aware the ocean, particularly the tiny, appealing sea slugs he has studied and well-known for many of his existence. What Ben does not comprehend are humans, and now, essentially the most vital humans in his life--his sixteen-year-old daughter, Caddie--is coming to stay with him for the summer season. however the candy, chuffed baby he recollects has been changed by way of a wounded, indignant stranger who resents every thing approximately her father. Caddie is decided to behave out in each approach, leaving Ben feeling extra by myself than ever.

Hudson Jones has come to Monterey, California, to discover the solutions to all his questions. The younger, formidable graduate scholar believes he is came upon a misplaced John Steinbeck novel known as Changing Tides that turns out to trace on the author's love for his ally, Ed "Doc" Ricketts. If he can end up it, his occupation may be made. after which, might be he can quiet the non-public demons that hang-out him. yet first, he will want a few neighborhood assist in his study, and Ben simply are able to provide him with entry to the knowledge he wishes. it is transparent to Hudson that the good-looking, quietly passionate Ben wishes a few aid, too--with Caddie and his existence.

Sharing dinners and walks at the seashore, highbrow discussions and heart-to-heart conversations, Ben and Hudson circulate from tentative friendship to a stunning, revelatory dating, one with the ability to indicate them towards an important discoveries in their lives. For Ben, it is a summer time of latest beginnings, at the same time his daughter embarks on a perilous direction that might attempt the recent happiness he is found...

Changing Tides is a unprecedented novel that explores the wonderful flaws and frailties of humans within the unending fight to attach, to be open to like, and to embody the unknown so that it will stay absolutely.

Praise For the novels Of Michael Thomas Ford

complete Circle

"Summer is not the similar with out hitting the seashore, getting a sunburn and devouring a deliciously soapy novel. Ford understands the way to attract a reader with intercourse and sin."--Entertainment Weekly

"Impactful...real...Ford's attractive tale makes all of it look attainable and believable...these are wealthy characters, heartfelt descriptions and real-life happenings that resonate...allow your self to wander away in this story."--The Lambda publication Report

"The characters' many brushes with gay history--Harvey Milk trolling for votes in homosexual bars, the unfurling of the 1st Rainbow flag, the sexual strength of early ACT UP meetings--will resonate with homosexual readers."--Publishers Weekly

searching for It

"An insightful and interesting examine what we search, and what solutions we discover inside of and without."--Booklist

"Give Michael Thomas Ford credits for giving us a gaggle of identifiable characters who don't dwell in L.A., NYC, or Miami, yet in a small city like these the place so much readers truly dwell. it is also great to work out those characters addressing practical alterations of iteration in addition to spirituality, as well as the standard mixture of searching for love, dealing with internalized homophobia and developing help platforms via friendships and households of choice."--Instinct

final Summer

"He successfully attracts his readers into the wild international of Provincetown...plenty of page-turning drama...a winner."--Entertainment Weekly

"A nice summer season novel that is excellent for the seashore or a lazy weekend in a hammock out again. It has, certainly, the capability to turn into a homosexual vintage. that is simply because Ford has succeeded in placing just a little of every people in his characters. however the genuine facts of the pudding: you will find your self wondering those characters lengthy after you could have accomplished. In my e-book that is an indication of a notable talent."--The Letter