Pat Conroy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 41
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spanning 40 years, this is the story of turbulent Tom Wingo, his gifted and troubled twin sister Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the extraordinary family into which they were born.
Tom Wingo learns that his twin sister, Savannah tried to commit suicide and he decides to help her and goes to New York. He installs himself in Savannah's flat, helped by her friendly, gay neighbor Eddie. Tom begins sessions with Dr. Susan Lowenstein, Savannah's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Formats
Description
Contemporary Southern writer Pat Conroy presents South of Broad. In the 1980s, Charleston news reporter Leo covers a high-profile serial murder case while contending with the imminent hurricane aiming to level the town.
"...lush, remarkable...an impressive lineup of characters and an ambitious multi-faceted story of prejudice, privilege and love..."--BookPage
3) Beach music
Author
Language
English
Description
An American expatriate in Rome unearths his family legacy in this sweeping novel by the acclaimed author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini A Southerner living abroad, Jack McCall is scarred by tragedy and betrayal. His desperate desire to find peace after his wife's suicide draws him into a painful, intimate search for the one haunting secret in his family's past that can heal his anguished heart. Spanning three generations and two continents,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Yamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For yearsthese families lived proudly from the sea until waste from industry destroyed the oyster beds essential to their very existence. Already poor, they knew they would have to face an uncertain future...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life by Pat Conroy is a new nonfiction collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career, supplemented by touching pieces from the beloved author's many friends. A Lowcountry Heart collects some of Conroy's most charming pieces of short nonfiction, many of them addressed directly to his readers with his habitual greeting, "Hey, Out There." Ranging across diverse...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
First US Edition.
Physical Desc
x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the author's efforts to reconcile with his harsh fighter pilot father, who inspired "The Great Santini," recounting how at the end of his father's life, he defended the author from his critics while helping to heal family estrangements.
Author
Publisher
Dial PressTrade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 28
Physical Desc
497 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Ben's attempts to stand up for himself, his mother, and his sister are resisted by his intolerant father, a fighter pilot and inflexible disciplinarian.
Author
Publisher
Dial Press Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006, c1980
Edition
Dial trade pbk. [ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 33
Physical Desc
561 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young black military cadet Will McLean, with a code of honor all his own, boldly confronts the terrifying injustice of a corrupt insititution as he struggles to expose a mysterious group known as "The Ten."