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The Prince of Tides

by Pat Conroy

ISBN: 0395353009
ISBN-13: 9780395353004
Format: Hardcover

Summary

Tom Wingo, a middle-aged high school football coach and English teacher, is summoned from his home in Charleston, South Carolina to New York City to attend to his twin sister Savannah, who has remained comatose since attempting suicide. Savannah's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein, wants Tom to fill in many of the details in Savannah's upbringing. As Tom tells the Wingo story to Susan, he begins to uncover long-repressed memories, revealing some terrible family secrets. Gradually, the reasons why Savannah has tried to kill herself become evident.

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published date: 1986
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.15 pounds
Pages: 567

Publisher's Notes

Spanning 40 years, this is the story of turbulent Tom Wingo, his gifted and troubled twin sister Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the extraordinary family into which they were born.

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