The Water Is Wide
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...
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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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781606865057 (1606865056)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Pages no: 310
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Adult,
Teaching,
Education,
Contemporary,
Biography Memoir,
Southern
I read this book over 10 years ago and still remember how much I liked it, so that says a lot for it. Very possibly my favorite of all Conroy's books, although I have a hard time picking faves.
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