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Title: Re-readable
Review: I read books like a shark swims ... I keep moving, devour them, move on. Rarely I come across books that I reread, and fewer that I reread more than once. The Water is Wide is one of those re-readable books. I first encountered Pat Conroy's book when I was in junior high, and have returned to it again and again. Finding that it's been re-released, hopefully to gather a new audience, is encouraging to me. The book, written when the world, especially the South, was grappling with changes spurred by the Civil Rights movement. A white teacher, graduate of one of the premiere Southern military colleges, The Citadel, takes a position as a teacher on an island isolated from the most of the cultural changes in the United States. He introduces children to the joy of learning and to their place in the world. Conroy is a compelling writer, and gives life to his story and subjects.
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