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In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the lowcountry of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York a...more In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the lowcountry of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the most gifted poets of her generation, and both the cadenced beauty of her art and the jumbled cries of her illness are clues to the too-long-hidden story of her wounded family. In the paneled offices and luxurious restaurants of New York City, Tom and Susan Lowenstein, Savannah's psychiatrist, unravel a history of violence, abandonment, commitment, and love. And Tom realizes that trying to save his sister is perhaps his last chance to save himself. With passion and a rare gift of language, the author moves from present to past, tracing the amazing history of the Wingos from World War II through the final days of the war in Vietnam and into the 1980s, drawing a rich range of characters: the lovable, crazy Mr. Fruit, who for decades has wordlessly directed traffic at the same intersection in the southern town of Colleton; Reese Newbury, the ruthless, patrician land speculator who threatens the Wingos' only secure worldly possession, Melrose Island; Herbert Woodruff, Susan Lowenstein's husband, a world-famous violinist; Tolitha Wingo, Savannah's mentor and eccentric grandmother, the first real feminist in the Wingo family. Pat Conroy reveals the lives of his characters with surpassing depth and power, capturing the vanishing beauty of the South Carolina lowcountry and a lost way of life. His lyric gifts, abundant good humor, and compelling storytelling are well known to readers of The Great Santini and The Lords of Discipline. The Prince of Tides continues that tradition yet displays a new, mature voice of Pat Conroy, signaling this work as his greatest accomplishment.(less)

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Published October 21st 1986 by Houghton Mifflin (first published 1986)

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Sep 02, 2007 Jason rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the book that is the reason I read anything at all for pleasure. I decided I was going to read it before the movie came out and COMPLETELY fell in love with Conroy's style, renewed my love-affair with the low country of South Carolina, and discovered the joy of diving into a book wholeheartedly. Mr. Conroy is the reason I read today. The stories of what this family went through are heartbreaking at one (or more) moment(s) and hysterical at others. I didn't think the movie was half-bad, b...more

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Jun 15, 2007 Matthew Klobucher rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Pat Conroy's prose is tragically acquainted with all the misery and glory and pain and beauty of humanity. It is also deeply entrenched in the American south. I believe he immortalizes his own time and place the way Hemingway did for wartime Europe. This story, so startlingly brutal and direct in it's engagement of the reader, lays out the impressive and failed life of Tom Wingo. The plain good virtue and astonishing cruelty of small-town South Carolina take shape in an uneasy and inevitable con...more

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Jul 13, 2010 Kelly rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, southern-charm, moving, dramatic, lit

I can't remember the last time I felt this torn; I hated the characters for being so selfish with their affections, so cowardly in their confrontations, the cruelty shown when the moment was theirs for the taking. What I hated more was when the victim on the receiving end - and, to be fair, it always rotates - would rise up in anger, but then crumble to their knees in love and forgiveness.

And that's also why I loved them. In one moment they felt so betrayed, so dishonored by blood and by love....more

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Jan 30, 2009 Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

I enjoyed most of this book. When I read the first ten pages or so, I was blown away by the writing style and how poetic it was. This book is the family saga of a southern family told from the point of view of the middle aged Tom Wingo as he is talking to his sister's psychologist, Dr. Lowenstein. I really liked the family story, but really disliked the parts about middle aged Tom and the psychologist. Tom's character didn't seem to make much sense. He would fly into a rage at Lowenstein and the...more

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May 23, 2010 Vanessa rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Before I wrote this, I took a cursory look at a few of the reviews and realized to my dismay that in this case I am the Grinch who took the roast beast. And yet I stand by my rating because this book was for me an exercise in maudlin pablum. The protagonist experiences all matter of tragedy in his youth, both quotidian and bizarre (an abusive wretch of a father, a venal socially climbing mother, a horrific yet nonsensical assault) and then grows up to have a mentally ill sister and a cheating wi...more

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Jun 11, 2008 Maureen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: realistic-fiction, love-and-relationships

If you are interested in reading novels with vibrant descriptions of the southeastern US, Conroy is a good bet.

I gave it three stars mostly because of the wrap up of the plot and the ending. It fell flat and was depressing. Although the protagonist Tom represented a complex and thoughtful narrator in the beginning of his tale, I was unhappy with his adult self, the decisions he made, his attitude towards life, and the consequences of his decisions.

At the onset of the story, the author begins b...more

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Apr 16, 2007 uroosa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

ok so i loved 9/10ths of this book. it was beautifully written...like a long poem that had both inter-sentence and inter-paragraph symmetry. each line is cleverly carved to make a whole. the story itself is not anything new: parents who screw up in the same ways as always, children who cope or don't cope. but it was the language really that was wonderful.

what i didn't like about this book was the ending. i felt like that was pulled out of a hat. here's a family whose daily lives were like war, l...more

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Nov 02, 2007 Merritt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I don't understand why this book gets rave reviews. I made it through the nearly 600 pages, but I can't say that I enjoyed most of it. Here is a random excerpt: "I tasted the wine and it was so robust and appealing that I could feel my mouth singing with pleasure when I brought the glass from my lips. The aftertaste held like a chord on my tongue; my mouth felt like a field of flowers. The mousse made me happy to be alive." Give me a break. Am I supposed to believe all of this? I felt like the n...more

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Jan 24, 2008 Janet Kincaid rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: decent-read

If you haven't read any of Pat Conroy's books, this is a good one to start. Conroy does a superb job of presenting South Carolina and the Low Country in all its sultry beauty. He also does, with rare exception, an excellent job of building his characters. With the exception of the psychiatrist, Dr. Lowenstein, his characters have depth, dimension, and draw. They pull you in lyrically and hold you with all the eccentricity, warmth and nuance Southern personalities offer to this day. An excellent...more

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Mar 25, 2009 Eileen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm waiting for the day that Pat Conroy will disappoint me. I'm waiting for the day that he fails to astound me, to take my breath away with each poetically seductive word that he has chosen, to stir emotions deep within me that I only feel and understand when I am reading his literature.

I am pertinaciously confident that that day will never come.

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Jul 15, 2012 Teresa Lukey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: didn-t-see-that-coming, fiction, made-me-cry, made-me-feel-good, omg, 4-stars

This book has been recommended to me by several people. I knew it was about a messed up family and that there was a movie made from the book, but that was it. Although the family does have its issues, the story does not dwell on all that is messed up with the Wingo family.

There are many moments when I could not help but laugh out loud. The three Wingo children, Luke, Tom and Savannah, have many adventures throughout there childhood and some part of me felt like I wish I could experience life the...more

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Dec 09, 2011 Leslie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

What a great book. Wow. I'm sitting here in the few minutes after finishing reading and I've got tears on my face.

I lived in Charleston when they were filming the movie version of 'The Prince of Tides' in somewhat nearby Beaufort SC. We were all abuzz wondering if we'd see some celebrities. Naturally I had to see the movie. Which I immediately loved. Born and raised in Georgia, I could never be a South Carolinian no matter how many years I lived there. I'm proud of my own heritage, but always h...more

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Aug 16, 2008 Deborah Edwards rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It has been awhile since I read this great book, but at the time a roommate and I were sharing a copy and reading it in turns. As we got drawn further and further into its pages, we would literally sit at each other's feet waiting for the next chapter to be finished in order to pass it between us. The book was so intense and yet flowed so beautifully with its dark family secrets and memorably flawed characters and innate sense of place, it became an addiction. When the movie came out, I was grea...more

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Jun 16, 2008 Janet Ollman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: all my friends

My favorite novels are written by Irish authors or authors from America's South. "Mama won't read that novel...it's too uplifting!!!" O.K., I have been accused of liking novels with a darker side. Guilty as charged. The theme of Prince of Tides is indeed dark...but oh, the beauty of the words that Pat Conroy weaves together. He is a Master of Words. On page one, his words grab you and he won't let you escape until the final page. Pat Conroy begins, "My wound is my geography. It is also my anchor...more

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Feb 16, 2008 Clare Bear rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: a-classic

This story is narrated by Tom, a twin to sister Savannah, who is being treated by a psychiatrist for a second suicide attempt. Savannah is in a severe dissociatative state, having suffered auditory and visual halluciations. As she is unable to communicate with her psychiatrist, Tom reluctantly begins to go back in time with his sister's psychiatrist to their childhood in the South, to uncover the traumas, beliefs and behaviours that have affected them both.

The author conjurs up incredible imager...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Ronald Wilcox rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: general-fiction

Simply my favorite book ever read!!!!! I was drawn in to the writing style and the imagery from the first page. Conroy's visual style is wonderful and his characters are very engaging although not always likable. This is the one book that I buy multiple copies of when I find in thrift stores to distribute to friends and houseguests. Cannot rave enough about it - it moved me!

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Mar 19, 2007 craige rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I finally got around to reading this after having it on my shelf for at least 10 years and avoiding the movie for that entire time.

I'm totally glad I waited. It was a wonderful book, very well-written and captivating. The problems that plague the family in the book do seem a bit over the top at times, but coming from a a person who had a perfectly normal childhood, perhaps I just don't know what it's like to have a terrible childhood. It's interesting to read about anyway. The only problem I can...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Rebekah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary

My favorite kind of book: long, beautifully written, and chronicling the adventures and difficulties of family life. Pat Conroy has a delightful ability to sustain your interest in the story--just when you think the action must be tapering, it flares up again. This is my first of his books but I'm sure not the last.

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Jul 20, 2012 Heather Neill rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, life-changing-world-shaking

I haven't even finished it yet but I have to say something.

This book. Is stunning.

Pat Conroy is a genius. One of the main characters is a poet, and excerpts from her work are brilliant. How many time have you cringed when otherwise talented writers of fiction attempted to include the "poetry" of their characters? No cringing here. if you can, listen to this book on audio, narrated by Frank Muller. Holy crap. He turns a near perfect novel into a masterpiece. I am not exaggerating.

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Apr 23, 2012 Sue Jones rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, fiction

I read this in paperback many years ago, but when Audible put it on the sale rack I had to get the audiobook to listen again. I look forward to revisiting this old friend.

The audiobook definitely did not disappoint. It was so well narrated and I picked up on things I missed (or had forgotten) from my first reading. Loved this again.. still.

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Jan 01, 2009 bookczuk rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bookcrossing, charleston-sc, favorite-author, met-the-author, places-i-have-been, satisfying, set-in-my-stomping-grounds, set-in-the-south

In my opinion, Pat Conroy is one of South Carolina's treasures. He captures my beloved lowcountry with grace, wit and elegance.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the lowcountry of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Ca...more In my opinion, Pat Conroy is one of South Carolina's treasures. He captures my beloved lowcountry with grace, wit and elegance.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the lowcountry of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the most gifted poets of her generation, and both the cadenced beauty of her art and the jumbled cries of her illness are clues to the too-long-hidden story of her wounded family. In the paneled offices and luxurious restaurants of New York City, Tom and Susan Lowenstein, Savannah's psychiatrist, unravel a history of violence, abandonment, commitment, and love. And Tom realizes that trying to save his sister is perhaps his last chance to save himself. With passion and a rare gift of language, the author moves from present to past, tracing the amazing history of the Wingos from World War II through the final days of the war in Vietnam and into the 1980s, drawing a rich range of characters: the lovable, crazy Mr. Fruit, who for decades has wordlessly directed traffic at the same intersection in the southern town of Colleton; Reese Newbury, the ruthless, patrician land speculator who threatens the Wingos' only secure worldly possession, Melrose Island; Herbert Woodruff, Susan Lowenstein's husband, a world-famous violinist; Tolitha Wingo, Savannah's mentor and eccentric grandmother, the first real feminist in the Wingo family. Pat Conroy reveals the lives of his characters with surpassing depth and power, capturing the vanishing beauty of the South Carolina lowcountry and a lost way of life. His lyric gifts, abundant good humor, and compelling storytelling are well known to readers of The Great Santini and The Lords of Discipline. The Prince of Tides continues that tradition yet displays a new, mature voice of Pat Conroy, signaling this work as his greatest accomplishment.
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Apr 04, 2013 Ann rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm crazy about this book. I saw the movie a long time ago and found it hohum. Consequently, every time I've come across The Prince of Tides I've looked the other way. Found myself on vacation without a good book and decided to read the first page. And became hooked on a journey I am still taking, will always be taking. This is a book about therapy, it's a book about redemption, it's a book about so many things it's hard to sum them up in a review. But it is so, so worthwhile. Anyone who has don...more

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Mar 26, 2013 Alissa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jesus Christ, Pat Conroy. You can write. You really, really can, but this book ought to come with a month's sample of Zoloft.

It's not that the big terrible events in the story aren't terrible. They are. It's the incessant whining in the guise of irritating foreshadowing that makes me give this book 3 stars instead of 4.

[southern accent]
"Me and Savannah and Luke were filled with overpowering love for each other watching the majestic blue heron take off into the GD perfect Southern sky that encomp...more

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Feb 10, 2013 Don rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm real ambivalent about this book. I wanted to read some more or less contemporary mainstream American fiction authors--Conroy and John Irving being the most prominent examples. I had previously read Conroy's memoir about playing on a losing basketball team at the Citadel and had liked it. And, of course, I had seen the movie version of Prince of Tides.

Conroy is a storyteller, and there's quite a story here about a family we would today call dysfunctional. His prose style is florid. Large part...more

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Jan 10, 2013 Gary rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

At first glance the Prince of Tides is a large and somewhat intimidating book, but you need not expect a long or boring read. The hardback copy has just over 550 pages, and if you, like my self, enjoy an adventurous, compelling, and emotionally charged story, you’ll breeze through them in no time. The story splits its scenario between a tiny island in the South Carolina low country and majestic New York City. It tells the tale of a family of two brothers and a sister raised by a brutish shrimper...more At first glance the Prince of Tides is a large and somewhat intimidating book, but you need not expect a long or boring read. The hardback copy has just over 550 pages, and if you, like my self, enjoy an adventurous, compelling, and emotionally charged story, you’ll breeze through them in no time. The story splits its scenario between a tiny island in the South Carolina low country and majestic New York City. It tells the tale of a family of two brothers and a sister raised by a brutish shrimper and a mother obsessed with gaining the approval of the upper classes and the fantasy of how her life may have been if she hadn’t married Henry Wingo.

The three children; Tom, the eldest; Luke, the strongest; and Savannah, the most creative and emotionally unstable, live a life full of both adventure and abuse. The love they have for one another nurtures and sustains them until a dramatic and brutal tragedy strikes the family while their father is away. Their mother, Lila, instructs them never to talk about the tragic incident, a raping of three of the family members, including one of the sons, Tom, and the savage killing of the three perpetrators. The internalisation of the event destroys the family one by one.

Luke, the eldest goes on a one man rampage of guerrilla warfare against the government which annexes their entire county to build factories for the manufacture of nuclear materials, Savannah flees to New York to pursue her career as a writer and poet where she eventually attempts suicide, and Tom becomes severely depressed, losing his job and estranging his wife and children. When Savannah attempts suicide, he rushes to New York to be by her side, but she refuses to see him. Instead he is met by her psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein. His relationship with Lowenstein, as he calls her, and especially her son Bernard, has a therapeutic effect on Tom.

Pat Conroy paints a vivid picture of the rural life and inhabitants of the fictitious Colleton County. As he describes the scenery of Melrose Island, the tiny enclave on which the family lives, it is easy to picture the dolphins swimming off shore, or the shrimpers hauling in their nets. The characters are full of life, humorous, tragic, vulnerable, funny, and amazingly real, despite their individual failings and eccentricities. One can’t wait till the off-beat Mr. Fruit next appears, or for the next interaction between Tow Wingo and Susan Lowenstein.

It is no wonder that at least four of Pat Conroy’s books have been made into films, including this one, starring Nick Nolte, The Great Santini starring Robert Duval, and The Water is Wide, filmed as Conrack and starring Jon Voigt. His language is lyrical and descriptive, inspiring the imagination, and effortlessly so. The Prince of Tides is an easy and entertaining read by a master storyteller, and is one of my favourite all time books. Read it, and I guarantee it will be one of yours as well.

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Nov 08, 2012 Jordi Vicens rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: northamerican, contemporary, fiction

This is the book I would have loved to write if it already hadn't been written by Mr.Conroy. As such, it's going to be my first Goodreads' review even if I finished reading it for the first time some twenty years ago.

"My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call."

There is something in this book that grabbed my attention from its very beginning and wouldn't let me go until its last page: A wounded main character seeking to make amends with himself (even if he doesn't know it wh...more

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Oct 22, 2012 Keith Parker rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The South.

I am not sure if there has been a novel written since World War II that captures the dichotomy and dysfunction of "The South" better than Conroy does through his character Tom Wingo in The Prince of Tides.

Conroy uses extravagant prose (in this age of Raymond-Carver-esque sentences) to show the reader just how awesome and awesomely weird the culture of South Carolina can be. Conroy pulls no punches: The food of The South is gourmet quality, while the aristocracy maintains its strangleho...more

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Oct 01, 2012 David Witty rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this book. A friend recommended this to me knowing I am a fan of the writings of John Irving and Jonathan Franzen. Much like Irving, Conroy takes a very real characters and places them in very surreal situations within a certain geography. Irving being New England and Conroy the rural South.
Unlike Irving's stories though, which can sometimes seem so extraordinary they could be unbelievable, but you do believe, at the end of the day I exited this book a little underwhelmed. What...more

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Aug 25, 2012 Sarah Franz rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book! I will be honest, when I started reading it, I thought, "Great, another book about someone with a terrible childhood and a tortured existence." I was completely surprised by this book. The characters are wonderful, complex, and unique. The central issue in this book is the relationship between the members of the Wingo family. Luke, Savannah, and Tom, siblings, growing up poor in South Carolina with an abusive father and a mother that is determined to climb the social...more LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book! I will be honest, when I started reading it, I thought, "Great, another book about someone with a terrible childhood and a tortured existence." I was completely surprised by this book. The characters are wonderful, complex, and unique. The central issue in this book is the relationship between the members of the Wingo family. Luke, Savannah, and Tom, siblings, growing up poor in South Carolina with an abusive father and a mother that is determined to climb the social ladder despite the family's existence at the bottom of the Colleton social strata, show the strength of the relationships between brothers and sisters. They continually lean on each other to help them endure the pain of everyday life. Savannah is one of the most endearing characters in the book, and after several failed suicide attempts, finally comes to terms with what happened to the family on a fateful, tragic day. She toys with the idea of cutting her family permanently from her life. This proves very difficult for Tom, her twin and fellow victim from the family tragedy. He forms a very intimate relationship with her psychiatrist in an attempt to help her understand Savannah. Tom, who is in the midst of his own personal quagmire, temporarily moves to New York and comes to use the relationship with the psychiatrist Lowenstein to deal with is own issues regarding Savannah, Luke, and their upbringing.
Coming from a loving home and a wonderful upbringing, it was very difficult for me to understand the relationships. However, Pat Conroy does an amazing job at spelling it all out. The children are frequently beaten, berated and humiliated at the hands of their father, with their mother often stepping in between. However, Conroy illustrates the willingness of children to forgive their parents all their indiscretions and continue to love them regardless of how much damage they have done. The Wingo children undoubtedly have an overabundance of psychological issues, but manage to demonstrate the strength of the human spirit. Tom comes to appreciate his own family all the more, eventually abandoning his relationship with Lowenstein to return to them.
I found this book to be a terrible reminder of the tragic events that can occur during childhood. When Tom begins to reveal "the event" that forever changed his family and himself, the book reaches its lowest point. In the aftermath, their mother insists that it never happened and that the children never speak of it again. Predictably, Tom breaks the silence, forcing himself to deal with what happened. Tom, after this catharsis, is able to finally move past the event and confront his own demons. This book is a beautiful and terrible thing. It took me to the lowest low point, and though in situations like the ones presnted here there is no real happy ending, left me with a sense of peace, knowing that though there may be true trials in our lives, that the power of the human spirit and the capacity to forgive is still alive and well in us, no matter how damaged we may be. (less)

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Jul 17, 2012 aBeiLLe rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

« L’histoire de ma famille était une histoire d’eau salée, de bateaux et de crevettes, de larmes et de tempêtes. »

Vous est-il déjà arrivé d’étirer la lecture d’un roman parce que vous craignez le moment où il sera terminé, où vous auriez tourné la dernière page? C’est ce qui m’est arrivé avec ce magnifique roman de Pat Conroy. J’ai été profondément émue par cette histoire familiale. L’odeur des crevettes, les embruns salés des marécages m’ont accompagné tout au long de ma lecture. Je me suis ra...more

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Pat Conroy is the New York Times bestselling author of two memoirs and seven novels, including The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini, and The Lords of Discipline. Born the eldest of seven children in a rigidly disciplined military household, he attended the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. He briefly became a schoolteacher (which he chronicled in his memoir The Water Is Wide) befo...more

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