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Beach Music

Pat Conroy is without doubt America's favorite storyteller, a writer who portrays the anguished truth of the human heart and the painful secrets of<br>families in richly lyrical prose and unforgettable narratives. Now, in "Beach Music," he tells of the dark memories that haunt generations, in a story<br>that spans South Carolina and Rome and reaches back into the unutterable terrors of the Holocaust. <br>"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<br>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 asking for his help in<br>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 liberating--truths. <br>Told with deep feeling and trademark Conroy humor, "Beach Music" is powerful and compulsively readable. It is another masterpiece in the legendary<br>list of classics that his body of work has already become. <br>PAT CONROY is the author of five previous books: "The Boo," "The Water Is Wide," "The Great Santini," "The Lords of Discipline," and<br>"The Prince of Tides," the last four of which were made into feature films.