Marine biologist Ben Ransome understands the sea and the creatures he studies daily. What Ben doesn’t understand are people. His sixteen-year-old daughter, Caddie – is coming to stay for the summer, but the sweet, happy child has turned into an angry stranger, and determined to act out in every way.
   Hudson Jones has come to California, to find the answers to all his questions. The young, ambitious graduate student believes he’s found a lost John Steinbeck novel called Changing Tides, but he’ll need some local help in his research, and Ben just may be able to supply him with access to the information he needs. It’s clear to Hudson that the handsome, quietly passionate Ben needs some help, too – with Caddie and his life.
   Sharing dinners and walks on the beach, intellectual discussions and heart-to-heart conversations, Ben and Hudson move from tentative friendship to a surprising, revelatory relationship, one with the power to point them toward the most important discoveries of their lives.

352 pages, £9.99 paperback