The Water Is Wide
By Pat Conroy
(Bantam, Mass Market Paperback, 9780553268935, 336pp.)
Publication Date: November 1, 1987
Other Editions of This Title: Audio Cassette, Prebound, Hardcover, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, MP3 CD, Compact Disc, Compact Disc
Categories: Aims & Objectives, Educators, General
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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.
Here is PAT CONROY’S extraordinary drama based on his own experience–the true story of a man who gave a year of his life to an island and the new life its people gave him.
Pat Conroy is the bestselling author of The Water is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, and My Losing Season. He lives in Fripp Island, South Carolina.
“Reading PAT CONROY is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel.”
–Houston Chronicle
“A hell of a good story.”
–The New York Times
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