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The Water Is Wide: A Memoir
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Pat Conroy
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Dial Pr
Publication date
March 1, 2002
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553381573
ISBN-10
0553381571
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Lords of Discipline | My Losing Season | The Prince of Tides | The Pat Conroy Cookbook | Beach Music | The Great Santini | South of Broad
The Lords of Discipline | My Losing Season | The Prince of Tides | The Pat Conroy Cookbook | Beach Music | The Great Santini | South of Broad
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A teacher recounts a year on Yamacraw Island, off the South Carolina coast, when he helped black children gain an awareness of themselves as well as the world around them. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A “miraculous” (Newsweek) human drama, based on a true story, from the renowned author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
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 way. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher—until one man gives a year of his life to the island and its people.
Praise for The Water Is Wide
“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
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 way. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher—until one man gives a year of his life to the island and its people.
Praise for The Water Is Wide
“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
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Paperback
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Reprint edition from Dial Pr (March 1, 2002)
9780553381573 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A teacher recounts a year on Yamacraw Island, off the South Carolina coast, when he helped black children gain an awareness of themselves as well as the world around them.
About: A teacher recounts a year on Yamacraw Island, off the South Carolina coast, when he helped black children gain an awareness of themselves as well as the world around them.
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