Conroy is a natural at weaving great skeins of narrative, and this one will prove a great pleasure to his many fans."- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Conroy writes with a momentum that's impossible to resist."- People, 3 of 4 stars.
No one can describe a tide or a sunset with his lyricism and exactitude."-Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post a must for Conroy’s fans.” -Associated Press “A lovely, often thrilling story.” - The Dallas Morning News “A lavish, no-holds-barred performance.” - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution That siren song of place has never sounded so sweet.” -New Orleans Times-Picayune These characters are gallant in the grand old-fashioned sense, devoted to one another and to home. “Conroy remains a magician of the page.” - The New York Times Book Review a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage.” - The Washington Post Spanning two turbulent decades, South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest: a masterpiece from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well as Charleston, South Carolina’s dark legacy of racism and class divisions, these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered-and shadowed-by tragedy. “A big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage” ( The Washington Post) by the celebrated author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini.
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