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wrote on August 27, 2020
Pat Conroy is the only author I ever idolized. I never knew him, never met him, but I loved the words he could string together to make me feel drunk with the heady pleasure of reading his books. He saved my life once, and one of my life's regrets was not telling him so.
At the lowest point in my life, my husband had died soon after a deadly diagnosis. I questioned whether I could go on living. Of course, my children and family topped the list of reasons why I must. However, profoundly selfish, the piercing truth reminded me, "If I were dead, I'd never get to read Pat Conroy again.”
At the lowest point in my life, my husband had died soon after a deadly diagnosis. I questioned whether I could go on living. Of course, my children and family topped the list of reasons why I must. However, profoundly selfish, the piercing truth reminded me, "If I were dead, I'd never get to read Pat Conroy again.”
Agency Reply:
Linda, I said this about Pat in the past: "Some say grief cannot be shared; it nests inside one’s heart and has no outside help or resolve. " and I see it happened the same with you... We are puzzled that the word still goes around on the very day our hearts are broken... I am certain Pat would have talked to you had you called him... Thank you for sharing this with us.