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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"Got this on Kindle as we were touring the Intracoastal Waterway from Jacksonville, FL, to Charleston, SC. A memoir of Conroy's one year teaching experience on Daefuskey Island, SC, at a two-room school of all Negro children, where he taught grades 4 - 8. " — Joan (5 out of 5 stars)
"Got this on Kindle as we were touring the Intracoastal Waterway from Jacksonville, FL, to Charleston, SC. A memoir of Conroy's one year teaching experience on Daefuskey Island, SC, at a two-room school of all Negro children, where he taught grades 4 - 8. "
" Useful. Nice not to hae to carry a dozen different books on the trip. "
" This book is a MUST for any one in the education field. "
" This is the book on which the movie "Conrack" was based. A wonderful, heartwarming story, and I believe semi-autobiographical. "
" (4-4.5) I loved the writing, it was so funny and real :) I fell in love with all the characters and the whole story. "
" A "must" for any Pat Conroy fan. For those of us in the Pat Conroy fan club, it is fun to go back to his earlier books and compare the developments in his writing from then to now. But, as always, a wonderfully told story. "
" A great true story. Very inspiring! "
" Anyone who wants to be a teacher or who is or has been a teacher should read this book. "
" Entertaining yet not sugar coated to the reality of the life that was lived on this island and the politics that fought against implementing positive change. We are luck to have good, visionary teachers. Great book. "
" Yet again, I need more stars to rate this title. "
Donald Patrick “Pat” Conroy (1945–2016) was an American author of acclaimed novels and memoirs, two of which made it to #1 on New York Times bestsellers list: Beach Music and South of Broad. Four of his novels were made into major motion pictures: The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini, Conrack, and The Lords of Discipline. The novel on which the movie Conrack was based, The Water Is Wide, won an NEA Human and Civil Rights Award and an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.
Dan John Miller is an American actor and musician. In the Oscar-winning Walk the Line, he starred as Johnny Cash’s guitarist and best friend, Luther Perkins, and has also appeared in George Clooney’s Leatherheads and My One and Only, with Renée Zellweger. An award-winning audiobook narrator, he has garnered multiple Audie Award nominations, has twice been named a Best Voice by AudioFile magazine, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a Listen-Up Award from Publishers Weekly.
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