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Beach Music (BDD Audio)
by Pat Conroy, Peter (Narrator) MacNichol
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Random House Audio (1995-07-01)
ISBN: 0553472704
EAN: 9780553472707
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged
Release Date: 1995-06-01
SKU: 14991
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Cassettes in good condition.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
With the spectacular success of the unforgettable Prince Of Tides, Pat Conroy established himself as America's favorite storyteller, a writer whose anguished and painfully honest insights into families and the human heart emerge in richly lyrical prose and compulsively readable narratives. Now, in Beach Music, he tells of the dark memories that haunt families in a story that spans South Carolina and Rome and reaches back into the unutterable terrors of the Holocaust. Beach Music is about Jack McCall, an American living in Rome with his young daughter, trying to find peace after the recent trauma of his wife's suicide. But his solitude is disturbed by the appearance of his sister-in-law, who begs him to return home, and of two school friends, who want his help in tracking down another classmate who went underground as a Vietnam protester and never resurfaced. These requests launch Jack on a journey that encompasses the past and the present in both Europe and the American South and that leads him to shocking and ultimately Eberating truths. Told with deep feeling and the unmistakable brand of Conroy humor, this powerful tale adds another masterpiece to the legendary list of classics that his body of works has become.
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Customer Reviews
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Beach Music
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-09-10
This is a good read for Pat Conroy fans. My husband wanted a hardcover of this book. It is one of his favorites. It was published in 1995. The copy we received is in great shape. I am very pleased with this purchase.
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A Book To Always Remember
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-07-09
I read this book many years ago and found it to be so delightful and so "truly southern". I have purchased "Beach Music" to give to friends and acquaintances at various times in their lives when I felt the book could aid with their own circumstances. It is a book of laughter, tears and human growth...it is a book about life, lived everyday, by all of us.
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Beach Music
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-28
I've just discovered Pat Conroy. Where has he been all my life? He writes books that you can't put down, yet you don't want them to end. I've started a libray of Mr. Conroy's books, I just wish there were more.
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Beach Music is an ALL TIME BEST
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-20
Pat Conroy paints vivid pictures of Italy and the South in Beach Music. The story captures the sometime difficult relationships within families, especially eccentric Southern ones, and with your native land. Spanning many years, this novel touches on the Holocaust and resistance to Vietnam as it weaves a complicated story leading to modern day. It's the perfect read and shouldn't be missed!
If you're from the South, the stories about the main character's mother and brother will have you in stitches!
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Lousy Kindle Edition
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-06-16
Too bad Amazon didn't put any quality control into the Kindle version of this magnificent book. I struggled on every page, with spelling, incorrect punctuation, and wrong words. Took a lot of the joy out of reading the book. This is not my first Kindle book, but by far the most disappointing. Come on, Amazon, you can do better than this!
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