Summers in Squid Tickle

“Warm, engaging… [Squid Tickle] prove[s] inspiring, both personally and creatively.” – Kirkus Reviews“Robert Finch has written not just a tenderness to a place he loved in Summers in Squid Tickle, but offers us, once again, another glimpse into his elegant soul on the page and in the world. This is his legacy of love. And it is ongoing. My deepest bows to his sparkling intelligence, wit, and grace as a writer and friend.” – Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place“Summers in Squid Tickle is astonishing. Robert Finch’s deeply moving meditation is utterly transporting—as alive as the rugged landscape that Robert Finch so vividly describes. I was completely immersed in Squid Tickle. This is a tour de force, a brilliant coda to a remarkable career, and one of the best travel books I’ve ever read.” – Susannah Cahalan, New York Times best-selling author of Brain on Fire and The Great Pretender“Robert Finch captures, with clarity and affection, the daily rituals and enduring tenacity of his Newfoundland neighbors. [In stories] … shaped by the rigors of the land and sea—‘on the edge of terror and sublimity’—Summers in Squid Tickle reminds us of all that is essential about life’s journey. This is a book resonant with beauty and meaning.” – Jane Brox, author of Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm

Robert Finch was an award-winning nature writer, radio journalist, and author of several books about Newfoundland and Cape Cod, including The Outer Beach. He lived on Cape Cod for over fifty years, and spent two decades of summers in Squid Tickle. He died in 2024.