Pat Conroy, author portrait
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Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy was the author of eleven books, including The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, My Losing Season, and Beach Music before he died in March 2016 at the age of seventy. For more information, please visit www.patconroyliterarycenter.org.
A Lowcountry Heart
The Death of Santini
My Reading Life
South of Broad
The Pat Conroy Cookbook
My Losing Season
Beach Music
The Great Santini
The Lords of Discipline
The Water Is Wide

Books

A Lowcountry Heart
The Death of Santini
My Reading Life
South of Broad
The Pat Conroy Cookbook
My Losing Season
Beach Music
The Great Santini
The Lords of Discipline
The Water Is Wide

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