The Wizard's Tide

by Frederick Buechner

Book Overview

An eleven-year-old boy describes the joys and sorrows of growing up in a dysfunctional family with a jobless alcoholic father during the hard times of the Depression. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006061160X
• ISBN13: 9780060611606
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

FIND IT IF YOU CAN

This wonderful story is told with a clear-eyed voice, and a wonderful sense of humor. The book evokes the sadness and small, joyful moments from a childhood of long ago. I stumbled upon this book via a friend, and simply treasure it. Short, uncomplicated and yet filled with a resonant - and resilient - spirit. By the time you reach the last page, you may be moved to tears.

A story of meeting the world for the first time.

Buechner does a masterful job of introducing us to the world that we live through the lives of children. In his usually fashion, Buechner takes the lives of people and shows how salvation and grace can flow through them, even though, at times, they are unaware. Treat yourself to a little taste of life, with all of its bitterness and sweetness in this wonderful read.