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Time and Tide (Abridged): A Walk Through Nantucket Audiobook
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Frank Conroy first visited Nantucket with a gang of college friends in 1955. They came on a whim, and for Conroy it was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with this "small, relaxed oasis in the ocean." This book, part travel diary, part memoir, is a hauntingly evocative and personal journey through Nantucket: its sweeping dunes, rugged moors, remote beaches, secret fishing spots, and hidden forests and cranberry bogs. Admirers of Conroy’s classic and acclaimed memoir Stop-Time will again delight in what James Atlas, writing in the New York Times, called his "genius for close observation." In Time and Tide, Conroy recounts the island’s history from the glory days of the whaling boom to the present, when tourism dominates. He vividly evokes the clash of cultures between the working class and the super-rich, with the fragile ecology of the island always in the balance. But most fascinating of all, he tells his own story--of playing jazz piano in the island’s bars; of raising a barn in the early '60s with the help of a bunch of hippie carpenters; of leasing an old, failed bar with two island pals and turning it into the Roadhouse, a club "that was to be ours, the year-rounders, and to hell with the summer people." There’s a marvelous story of his first golf game, played on an ancient nine-hole course with two friends, a part-time sommelier and a builder from the South who invented the one-handed pepper mill. This is a book that revels in friendship, music, history, and the gorgeous landscape of a unique American place, and is a wonderful work by one of our greatest contemporary writers.
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"Listening to Frank Conroy read his work was a delight. The work sparkles with reminiscences that like beautiful leaves pressed between pages of a favorite book fall to your lap as the pages turn. Beautifully written, beautifully read. This is not great fiction, but it is rings true and heart-felt."
— John (4 out of 5 stars)
Time and Tide Listener Reviews
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" an enjoyable little book...who wouldn't want to live there. "
— Jec, 9/16/2013 -
" Nothing special, a few interesting things but very unsatisfying. "
— Obisbooks, 7/17/2013 -
" A history of Frank Conroy's love and habitation of Nantucket. It's light reading, but particularly worthwhile if you are vacationing there and want to get a feel for the mixing of the locals, the summer regulars, the newbies, and the ultra-rich. "
— Stephen, 12/26/2012 -
" Enjoyed listening to this book. Ruth read it and liked it, so I listened to it while I worked around the house. "
— Janet, 12/18/2012 -
" I loved this book -- it is mostly a series of anecdotes and essays on Nantucket where Conroy lived for many years. His writing is lyrical and evocative about one of my favorite places on earth. "
— Kathleen, 12/9/2012 -
" An author's remembrances of his experiences on beautiful Nantucket. A pleasant listen. "
— Lynn, 11/30/2012 -
" Interesting book. I hope to make it to Nantucket some day. "
— Joe, 11/17/2012 -
" This was such a good read. It was a great mix of history and personal experience. "
— Elizabeth, 10/21/2012 -
" A nice book to read on vacation in Nantucket. A lovely ambience take on the island. "
— Ris, 12/3/2011 -
" A pleasant read...respite from hard fiction. "
— Louise, 7/7/2011 -
" The walk is through the author's memory of the island as much as it is through Nantucket itself. A nice, quick read. "
— Robert, 6/12/2011 -
" A pleasant read...respite from hard fiction. "
— Louise, 4/19/2011 -
" Enjoyed listening to this book. Ruth read it and liked it, so I listened to it while I worked around the house.<br/><br/> "
— Janet, 2/23/2011 -
" An author's remembrances of his experiences on beautiful Nantucket. A pleasant listen. "
— Lynn, 4/28/2010 -
" Interesting book. I hope to make it to Nantucket some day. "
— Joe, 2/26/2010 -
" A history of Frank Conroy's love and habitation of Nantucket. It's light reading, but particularly worthwhile if you are vacationing there and want to get a feel for the mixing of the locals, the summer regulars, the newbies, and the ultra-rich. "
— Stephen, 6/8/2009
About Frank Conroy
Frank Conroy (1936-2005) graduated from Haverford College in 1958. He was director of the prestigious Writers' Workshop. He wrote an autobiography Stop-Time, published in 1967, and a collection of stories, Midair, published in 1985. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Harper’s Magazine, and Partisan Review.