Book Review

Changing Tides (2007)

EW's GRADE
B

Details Release Date: Aug 28, 2007; Writer: Michael Thomas Ford; Genres: Fiction, Romance; Publisher: Kensington

Ben, a marine biologist, reconnects with his estranged teenage daughter while forming a life-changing bond with Hudson, a young John Steinbeck scholar.

Vérité Moment?
Hudson studies a (fictional) lost Steinbeck manuscript that suggests the author and his pal Ed Ricketts (also a marine biologist) were lovers.

Lowdown
Michael Thomas Ford's Changing Tides' is an unusually literate beach read that only loosely connects its characters to speculation about Steinbeck's sexuality. B

Originally posted Aug 31, 2007 Published in issue #952 Sep 07, 2007 Order article reprints

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