?A big, sprawling saga of a novel? ( San Francisco Chronicle ), this epic family drama is a masterwork by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of? The Great Santini . Set in New York City and the low country of South Carolina,? The Prince of Tides ?opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister?s suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the most gifted poets of her generation, and both the cadenced beauty of her art and the jumbled cries of her illness are clues to the too-long-hidden story of her wounded family. In the paneled offices and luxurious restaurants of New York City, Tom and Susan Lowenstein, Savannah?s psychiatrist, unravel a history of violence, abandonment, commitment, and love. And Tom realizes that trying to save his sister is perhaps his last chance to save himself. With passion and a rare gift of language, Pat Conroy moves from present to past, tracing the
Author : Pat Conroy
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ISBN-10 : 9780063321830
ISBN-13 : 9780063321830