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- The Ultimate Tear-jerker Reading ListReading list
This brilliantly crafted family saga is written with an eye toward lyrical prose and goes deep into the psyche and suppressed emotional life of narrator Tom Wingo of South Carolina, as he recounts his coming of age in a dysfunctional family where secrets come back to haunt decades later. Never have I read such a…
- Must Read Books For Aspiring WritersReading list
This novel gave me the first suggestion that one need look no further than one’s own history for inspiration, as all Conroy devotees know that Conroy made a forty-year career of turning his own personal narrative into fiction by writing about his dysfunctional family. The way this best-selling novel is crafted seals…
- Claire FullertonInterview
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy. Conroy was a master story-teller who made a forty-year career out of his own personal narrative. In writing The Prince of Tides, Conroy gave all writers the keys to the kingdom. He showed us how to take pain and turn it into art. What I learned from this book is that there is great…
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