The expatriate Jack McCall has a desire to find the sole secret in his whole family history that might just appease his pained and struggling heart. Now, all that stands in front of Jack McCall is his interest in the secretive, yet all the same painful search for his family past. Jack McCall had an all too human and all too desperate need to find some peace following the suicide of his wife, an event that left him a widow. Jack McCall is a man that though he hails from the South, actually lives abroad, namely in Rome, Italy, and he is a man that has endured the various, scathing pains of treachery and tragedy.

It spans some eight-hundred pages or so it is in the league of the best Pat Conroy novels and it’s one of the easiest to recommend books from the author. There is something special about his writing, something indelibly brilliant, heartrending, and something that resounds with readers from all over.īeach Music, yet another fantastic standalone novel was published in the year of 1995. The tale covers a forty-year history of the events unfolding in the limits of one family, as the various dramas, struggles, problems, griefs, pains, plights, even joys, glees, and moments of fulfillment make the tale one of, if not the best books by Pat Conroy. Going Through It All TogetherĪs is known for those that are privy to the wonders that Conroy can do with his novels, this is a touching and heartfelt tale that won’t leave anyone with a steady beat. Our narrator is none other than Tom Wingo and it is here that we learn of Tom’s parents, his elder brother named Luke, and the twin sister of Tom, Savannah. The Wingos of South Carolina are the family that are at the forefront of The Prince of Tides, one of Conroy’s most magnificent works, ever. The novel’s page count is in the six-hundred-odd range. To this day, it stands as both one of the most popular Pat Conroy books and one of the best-selling Pat Conroy books, too. The Prince of Tides is a standalone novel, which was published in the year of 1986.

Now, with that said, let’s take a look at the best Pat Conroy books.

This less than pleasant family situation is present in many of the works of Pat. It was in Beaufort, South Carolina that the family settled down for a while, where Pat finished high school.Ĭonroy was vocal about the way that he was brought up, namely the pains and struggles of living with his father, a Marine Corps pilot, that was oftentimes psychologically and physically mistreated his children.

The father of Pat and his work forced the family to move around a lot, so much so that Pat had gone to nearly a dozen schools by the age of fifteen.

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