The Water Is Wide

Conroy, Pat

ISBN 10: 1469245213 ISBN 13: 9781469245218

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2013

The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw island, America is a world away. For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe. Waste from industry threatens their very existence unless, somehow, they can learn a new life. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher.

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Review

"Reading PAT CONROY is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel."
-"Houston Chronicle"
"A hell of a good story."
-"The New York Times"

Reading PAT CONROY is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel.
Houston Chronicle
A hell of a good story.
The New York Times"

Miraculous . . . an experience of joy. Newsweek

A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail . . . and you will learn to love the man. Charleston News and Courier

A hell of a good story. The New York Times

Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully. Lexington Herald-Leader

[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story. BaltimoreSun"

"Miraculous . . . an experience of joy."--Newsweek

"A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail . . . and you will learn to love the man."--Charleston News and Courier

"A hell of a good story."--The New York Times

"Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully."--Lexington Herald-Leader

"[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story."--Baltimore Sun

-Miraculous . . . an experience of joy.---Newsweek

-A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail . . . and you will learn to love the man.---Charleston News and Courier

-A hell of a good story.---The New York Times

-Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully.---Lexington Herald-Leader

-[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.---Baltimore Sun

About the Author

Pat Conroy (1945-2016) was the author of The Boo, The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, My Losing Season, South of Broad, My Reading Life, and The Death of Santini.

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