The Water is Wide: a Memoir

Jacket Description/Flap: 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. Review Quotes: "Reading PAT CONROY is like watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel."-"Houston Chronicle" "A hell of a good story."-"The New York Times"Brief Description: Originaly published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. Biographical Note: Pat Conroy is the bestselling author of "The Water is Wide," "The Great Santini," "The Lords of Discipline," "The Prince of Tides," and "Beach Music." He lives in Fripp Island, South Carolina. Review Citations:

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 170 (EAN 9780553381573, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 215 (EAN 9780553381573, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1993 pg. 237 (EAN 9780553268935, Mass Market Paperbound)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 138 (EAN 9780553268935, Mass Market Paperbound)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1997 pg. 127 (EAN 9780553268935, Mass Market Paperbound)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 129 (EAN 9780553268935, Mass Market Paperbound)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1993 pg. 237 (EAN 9780606039482, Prebound-Other)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 138 (EAN 9780606039482, Prebound-Other)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1997 pg. 127 (EAN 9780606039482, Prebound-Other)

Contributor Bio:  Conroy, Pat Pat Conroy is the bestselling author of The Water is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook, My Losing Season, and South of Broad. He lives in Fripp Island, South Carolina.