![]() ![]() His father was a violent and abusive man, a man whose biggest mistake, Conroy once said, was allowing a novelist to grow up in his home, a novelist "who remembered every single violent act. ![]() Pat Conroy was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to a young career military officer from Chicago and a Southern beauty from Alabama, whom Pat often credits for his love of language. Currently-lives in San Francisco, California, and Fripp.Here is Pat Controy'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. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher. Waste from industry threatens their very existence-unless, somehow, they can learn a new life. 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. The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. ![]()
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