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The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Water Is Wide about?

<p>The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw island, America is a world away. For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe. Waste from industry threatens their very existence–unless, somehow, they can learn a new life. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher.</p> <p>Here is PAT CONROY’S extraordinary drama based on his own experience–the true story of a man who gave a year of his life to an island and the new life its people gave him.</p>

Who reads The Water Is Wide?

Author

Pat Conroy

Publisher

Dial Press Trade Paperbacks

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781453203903

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.09 / 5 (13,763 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14