{"product_id":"pat-conroy-bernie-schein-9781948924139","title":"Pat Conroy: Our Lifelong Friendship","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Bernie Schein is the funniest man alive, or so he has dogmatically maintained during the burdensome decades I have known him. . . .  He is] by turns hysterically funny, wildly neurotic, uniquely sensitive, and heartbreakingly honest.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePat Conroy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePat Conroy, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of Tides\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Santini\u003c\/i\u003e among many other books, was beloved by millions of readers. Bernie Schein was his best friend from the time they met in a high-school pickup basketball game in Beaufort, South Carolina, until Conroy's death in 2016. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth were popular but also outsiders as a Jew and a Catholic military brat in the small-town Bible-Belt South, and they bonded. Wiseass and smart aleck, loudmouths both, they shared an ebullient sense of humor and romanticism, were mesmerized by the highbrow and reveled in the low, and would sacrifice entire evenings and afternoons to endless conversation. As young teachers in the Beaufort area and later in Atlanta, they were activists in the civil rights struggle and against institutional racism and bigotry. Bernie knew intimately the private family story of the Conroys and his friend's difficult relationship with his Marine Corps colonel father that Pat would draw on repeatedly in his fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA love letter and homage, and a way to share the Pat he knew, this book collects Bernie's cherished memories about the gregarious, welcoming, larger-than-life man who remained his best friend, even during the years they didn't speak. It offers a trove of insights and anecdotes that will be treasured by Pat Conroy's many devoted fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernie Schein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948924137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948924139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2019","brand":"Bernie Schein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44202099572991,"sku":"9781948924139","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4aa3483-54c6-4985-aa5d-c4933cdc0c01.jpg?v=1691493201","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pat-conroy-bernie-schein-9781948924139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}