Pat Conroy
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese, Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiv, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Description
Contains "a new nonfiction collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career, supplemented by touching pieces from the beloved author's many friends. A Lowcountry Heart collects some of Conroy's most charming pieces of short nonfiction, many of them addressed directly to his readers with his habitual greeting, "Hey, Out There." Ranging across diverse subjects such as favorite recent reads, the challenge...
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Formats
Description
Leopold Bloom King, the narrator, is the son of an amiable, loving father who teaches science at the local high school. His mother, an ex-nun, is the high school principal and a well-known Joyce scholar. After Leo's older brother commits suicide at the age of thirteen, the family struggles with the shattering effects of his death. Eventually Leo becomes part of a tightly knit group of high school seniors that includes friends Sheba and Trevor Poe,...
5) Beach music
Author
Publisher
N.A.Talese
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
628 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Jack McCall, a writer who moved to Rome to flee his family, returns to South Carolina where his mother is dying and makes peace with them, including Jewish in-laws he couldn't stand and who blamed him for his wife's suicide.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2013].
Physical Desc
x, 338 pages, 16 un-numbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
A powerful and intimate memoir by the beloved best-selling author of The Prince of Tides about his father, the inspiration for The Great Santini, and a re-affirmation that love can conquer even the meanest of men.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1022
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
Tom Wingo, a disillusioned southern football coach, leaves his crumbling marriage to travel to New York to talk to his troubled sister's psychiatrist about their dysfunctional family's history.
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiv, 254 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Everything an aspiring memoirist needs to know, in one readable volume, a follow-up to the acclaimed writers' handbook Why We Write For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves--bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists, and memoirists--this book offers inspiration, encouragement, and pithy, practical advice. Twenty of America's bestselling memoirists share their innermost thoughts and hard-earned tips with veteran author...