false 16729 17 Pat Conroy, America's preeminent storyteller, delivers a sweeping novel of lyric intensity and searing truth: the story of Jack McCall, an American expatriate in Rome, 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, from the contemporary ruins of the American South to the ancient ruins of Rome, from the unutterable horrors of the Holocaust to the lingering trauma of Vietnam, <b>Beach Music</b> sings with life's pain and glory. It is another masterpiece in Conroy's legendary list of beloved novels. 2707941 1995 Beach Music total:5640|5:2277|4:1898|3:1066|2:305|1:94| 5640 22879 6836 660 84942 0553574574 9780553574579 188 35 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171058113m/84942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84942.Beach_Music 4 6 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 08:56:38 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 08:08:03 -0700 2007 Talladega Nights was on HBO.

But I did...more...]]> 84942 0553574574 9780553574579 188 35 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171058113m/84942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84942.Beach_Music 4 4 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jun 21 06:50:41 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 17:33:14 -0700 2007
It's weird because there's something amateur? unintellectual? about his writing, yet it's profoundly wise and he comes up with poetic comparisons all over the place. I can't place it. Maybe the characters are a bit too cheesy at times. Hopeless romantic? I don't know. Bu...more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 5 5 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sun Sep 02 09:17:08 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 09:27:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 1 3 false Sun Aug 05 12:54:23 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 12:57:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 3 1 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 20:05:54 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 19:54:03 -0700 2008
I remember really enjoying Conroy's Prince of Tides when I read it back as the oldest 10th grader you'll ever k...more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 5 1 false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Oct 05 11:36:51 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 11:40:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1765790 0385413041 9780385413046 106 10 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187925806m/1765790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1765790.Beach_Music 5 1 false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 04 16:56:35 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 16 09:32:44 -0700 2009 I've purchased this book no less than 4 different times. Every time someone saw it they wanted to borrow it and somehow it never got returned. My mother-in-law filched the last copy I bought and she SWEARS it belongs to her.

I picked up yet...more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 2 0 false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 22:03:58 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 22:36:35 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 5 0 false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Mon Feb 02 15:03:18 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:09:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 5 0 false Thu Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Fri Jan 09 09:39:28 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 09:46:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 5 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 11:06:30 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 11:23:53 -0800 2009
The story weaves around three guys (and a couple of neighbor girls) who grow up in a small coastal town of S Carolina. In their freshman year they befriend a new kid...more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 2 0 false Sun Jul 12 14:00:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 14:42:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 3 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 12:13:05 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 08:53:10 -0800 2009 Overall it was a good story and I enjoyed reading it.

I did not respect any of the 5 "friends". I found the secondary characters, John Hardin, Betsy, the general, Jordan, Jack's Father and Mother much more interesting than the 5 "friends" characters.

...more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 4 1 false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 09:06:14 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 14:05:06 -0800 2009
The answer is yes, I really enjoyed ...more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 4 0 false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 04:37:03 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 09:25:51 -0700 2009
It's far from a perfect book - full of overwrought melodrama and so many intense, horr...more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 1 1 false Sun Sep 09 22:35:12 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 22:36:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 5 0 false Thu May 07 17:15:01 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 04:10:45 -0700 2009
It is very tragic, painful and tender book, and it’s pretty much dark, although the title is described as a sunny sunshine. Conroy tells this story of dysfunction...more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 3 1 false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 11:26:31 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 08 11:39:41 -0800 2009 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 5 1 false Fri Apr 17 05:52:31 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 05:56:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16729 0553381539 9780553381535 5290 608 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166744360m/16729.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16729.Beach_Music 5 0 false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 07:02:47 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 07:09:05 -0700 2009
Set in South Carolina, Beach Music tells the story of several friends who grew up very differently ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2682640