The Water Is Wide

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Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9781453203903

<DIV><B><I>New York Times </I>Bestseller: The &ldquo;miraculous&rdquo; memoir of an inspiring teacher and the students who changed his life on an impoverished South Carolina island (<I>Newsweek</I>).</B><BR /> &#160;<BR /> Though the children of Yamacraw Island live less than two miles from the southern mainland, they can&rsquo;t name the US president or the ocean that surrounds them. Most can&rsquo;t read or write. Many of the students are the descendants of slaves, handicapped by poverty and isolation.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> When Pat Conroy arrives, an eager young teacher at the height of the civil rights movement, he finds a community still bound by the bitter effects of racism, but he is determined to broaden its members&rsquo; horizons and give them a voice.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> In this poignant memoir, which <I>Newsweek</I> called &ldquo;an experience of joy,&rdquo; the <I>New York Times&ndash;</I>bestselling author of <I>The Prince of Tides</I> plumbs his experiences as a young teacher on an isolated South Carolina island to reveal the shocking inequalities of the American education system.</DIV>