I loved this book, but it is not a casual and quick read, one has to be ready for the prose that sometimes is pure poetry. Admitedly, the ages of the main characters substantially mirror my own so I had a built in radar for the back and forth between past and present. There are some parts of the book which caused belly laughs where I had to put the book down and dry my eyes so I could read some more. Whilst others were as sad as sad can be, and Mr. Conroy can be sad.
I was not born in the South, but I married a girl who was and we sure do live in the South; Pat Conroy has this southern thing down pat and yes, I would not live anywhere else but the South.
Unlike some books by Pat Conroy, the father of the main character in South of Broad is one of the finest examples of the type of father any man would wish to be and there is another father in the book who portrays pure evil; quite a contast.
South of Broad is well worth the read.Get more detail about South of Broad.
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