The Water Is WideThe 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. Here is PAT CONROY’S extraordinary drama based on his own experience–the true story of a man who gave a year of his life to an island and the new life its people gave him. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 18 |
Section 3 | 48 |
Section 4 | 51 |
Section 5 | 56 |
Section 6 | 73 |
Section 7 | 86 |
Section 8 | 92 |
Section 16 | 193 |
Section 17 | 196 |
Section 18 | 218 |
Section 19 | 224 |
Section 20 | 228 |
Section 21 | 256 |
Section 22 | 260 |
Section 23 | 263 |
Section 9 | 102 |
Section 10 | 110 |
Section 11 | 117 |
Section 12 | 135 |
Section 13 | 171 |
Section 14 | 176 |
Section 15 | 188 |
Section 24 | 278 |
Section 25 | 296 |
Section 26 | 315 |
Section 27 | 318 |
Section 28 | 324 |
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