Reissued in trade paper, this is the first-person account of the year spent by the author teaching black children on an impoverished island off the South Carolina coast. --Baltimore Sun.
He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story. . . . -- Lexington Herald-Leader Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. -- The New York Times Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully. -- Charleston News and Courier A hell of a good story. and you will learn to love the man. . .
You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail . . . -- Newsweek A powerfully moving book . an experience of joy. . .
Praise for The Water Is Wide Miraculous .
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.
Waste from industry threatens their very existence unless, somehow, they can learn a new way.
For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe.
But for the handful of families on Yamacraw Island, America is a world away.
Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina.
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.
Reissued in trade paper, this is the first-person account of the year spent by the author teaching black children on an impoverished island off the South Carolina coast
