{"product_id":"the-water-is-wide-a-memoir-isbn-9780063347878","title":"The Water Is Wide: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail.” —\u003cem\u003eCharleston News and Courier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For years these families lived proudly from the sea until waste from industry destroyed the oyster beds essential to their very existence. Already poor, they knew they would have to face an uncertain future unless, somehow, they learned a new life. But they needed someone to teach them, and their rundown schoolhouse had no teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Water Is Wide\u003c\/em\u003e is Pat Conroy’s extraordinary memoir based on his experience as one of two teachers in a two-room schoolhouse, working with children the world had pretty much forgotten. It was a year that changed his life, and one that introduced a group of poor Black children to a world they did not know existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A hell of a good story.” —\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.” —\u003cem\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Miraculous. ... An experience of joy.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A hell of a good story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An exciting and inspiring book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerfully moving book…You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail…and you will learn to love the man.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharleston Post \u0026amp; Courier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony…. He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is not a funny book, but you will find yourself in belly-heaving laughter; this is not a sentimental book, but you will weep; this is not an angry book, but you will shiver with antagonism at man’s inhumanity to man; this is not a pretty book, but you will be haunted by some of its passages…\u003cem\u003eThe Water Is Wide\u003c\/em\u003e is a great book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharleston Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“God preserve Pat Conroy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Conroy is an outstanding storyteller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirmingham News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890557186277,"sku":"NP9780063347878","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063347878.jpg?v=1730233570","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-water-is-wide-a-memoir-isbn-9780063347878","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}