Length9h 17m
About this audiobook
“A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail.” —Charleston News and Courier
Yamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For years these families lived proudly from the sea until waste from industry destroyed the oyster beds essential to their very existence. Already poor, they knew they would have to face an uncertain future unless, somehow, they learned a new life. But they needed someone to teach them, and their rundown schoolhouse had no teacher.
The Water Is Wide is Pat Conroy’s extraordinary memoir based on his experience as one of two teachers in a two-room schoolhouse, working with children the world had pretty much forgotten. It was a year that changed his life, and one that introduced a group of poor Black children to a world they did not know existed.
“A hell of a good story.” —The New York Times
“[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.” —Baltimore Sun
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (34.5K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length9 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byJeremy Arthur
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
More from Pat Conroy
You Are Worth ItKyle Carpenter, Don Yaeger8h 53m4.7 (4.8K)$29 · $0.00
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m4.6 (178K)$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m4.7 (2.5K)$40 · $0.00
Evidence Not SeenDarlene Deibler Rose11h 11m4.6 (11.9K)$29 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m4.7 (351)$20 · $0.00
Will You Love Me?Cathy Glass9h 5m4.6 (9.3K)$29 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m4.6 (10.8K)$24 · $0.00
Finding MeViola Davis9h 15m4.6 (256.4K)$29 · $0.00
The Dangerous Truth about Today’s MarijuanaLaura Stack CSP, MBA9h 57m4.7 (385)$20 · $0.00
Birdie & HarlowTaylor Wolfe7h 50m4.6 (6.5K)$26 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m4.6 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
I Am The StormJanice Dean9h4.6 (1.5K)$8 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
Just as I AmCicely Tyson16h 8m4.6 (99K)$33 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m4.6 (2.6K)$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m4.6 (16.7K)$26 · $0.00
My Bondage and My Freedom (Annotated)Frederick Douglass15h 30m4.6 (2.4K)$2 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m4.6 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m4.6 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
You may also like
Benjamin FranklinKathleen Krull1h 59m4.1 (1.5K)$15
When Broadway Was BlackCaseen Gaines12h 5m4.3 (443)$23
Son of the WildernessLinnie Marsh Wolfe13h 58m4.2 (880)$25 · $0.00
The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin7h 13m4.0 (238.3K)$1.20 · $0.00
Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton16h 7m4.2 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women (Annotated)Elizabeth Blackwell8h 59m4.1 (1.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
Deaf UtopiaNyle DiMarco, Robert Siebert10h 49m4.4 (9.9K)$29 · $0.00
My Own StoryEmmeline Pankhurst13h 15m4.2 (3.7K)$1 · $0.00
Reclaiming Her TimeHelena Andrews-Dyer, R. Eric Thomas7h 9m4.2 (511)$24 · $0.00
The Story of a Pioneer (A Memoir)Anna Howard Shaw10h 8m4.2 (723)$1.99 · $0.00
The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin7h 12m4.0 (127.5K)$1.20 · $0.00
The Complete Works and the Life Story of Susan B. Anthony (Illustrated)Ida Husted Harper46h 41m$2 · $0.00
Stirring the Pot with Benjamin FranklinRae Katherine Eighmey10h 19m3.9 (87)$20
History of Women's Marches – The Political Battle of Suffragettes (Complete 6 Volume Edition)Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Gage, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Ida H. Harper307h$1 · $0.00
Rising Beyond Chains – The Legacy of Booker T. Washington (Annotated)Booker T. Washington56h 22m$2 · $0.00
Representative American NegroesPaul Laurence Dunbar29m$2 · $0.00
The Life of Sophia Jex-BlakeGraham Travers19h 1m$2 · $0.00
Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed (Vol. 1&2)Wiliam Cabell Bruce38h 42m4.2 (18)$1.99 · $0.00
Thomas Jefferson: Autobiography (Annotated)Thomas Jefferson8h 33m$2 · $0.00
JFKStephen Kennedy Smith, Douglas Brinkley12h 36m4.6 (180)$33 · $0.00