South of Broad (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780385413053)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage" (The Washington Post) by the celebrated author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini

Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered--and shadowed--by tragedy. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well as Charleston, South Carolina's dark legacy of racism and class divisions, these friends will endure until a final test forces them to face something none of them are prepared for.

Spanning two turbulent decades, South of Broad is Pat Conroy at his finest: a masterpiece from a great American writer whose passion for life and language knows no bounds.

Praise for South of Broad

"Vintage Pat Conroy . . . a big sweeping novel of friendship and marriage."--The Washington Post

"Conroy remains a magician of the page."--The New York Times Book Review

"Richly imagined . . . These characters are gallant in the grand old-fashioned sense, devoted to one another and to home. That siren song of place has never sounded so sweet."--New Orleans Times-Picayune

"A lavish, no-holds-barred performance."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A lovely, often thrilling story."--The Dallas Morning News

"A pleasure to read . . . a must for Conroy's fans."--Associated Press

Author: Pat Conroy
ISBN-10: 038541305X
ISBN-13: 9780385413053
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Language: English
Published: 08/11/2009
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.91lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.60w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 29
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 136468 / South of Broad

Award: Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2009 pg. 5
Publishers Weekly 06/01/2009 pg. 38
People Weekly 06/08/2009 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2009
Library Journal 07/15/2009 pg. 80
Entertainment Weekly 08/14/2009 pg. 62
Newsweek 08/10/2009 pg. 59
People Weekly 08/17/2009 pg. 53
New York Times Book Review 08/23/2009 pg. 22
Entertainment Weekly 09/04/2009 pg. 65
Entertainment Weekly 09/11/2009 pg. 69

About the Author
Pat Conroy (1945-2016) was the author of The Boo, The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, My Losing Season, South of Broad, My Reading Life, and The Death of Santini.