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As you know, Pat Conroy died on March 4, 2016. This site continues to be managed by his longtime friends and literary agents. You may join in a community of his readers by sharing your comments about Pat’s books or anything else that comes to mind in this guest book. We, the family, the agents and the friends are deeply moved by the outpouring of love you, his beloved readers, wrote here… Much gratitude to you all; Thank you.
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wrote on January 3, 2021
Pat Conroy is and always has been my very favorite author. I always wanted to meet him. I wanted to thank him and hug him-thank him for his beautiful stories and for helping me understand the “complexities” of my own family better,-hug him to absorb some of his pain and share with him some of my own without the need for words.
I remember reading the Lords of Discipline as a teenager on a road trip during a hot summer in the back of a van. I sobbed for several days while reading that book. Beach Music is the best book I have ever read. I go back and read it every few years and I wish the story never ended. I am now reading it for probably the 7th or 8th time. I will always return to this book and am so happy to have it in first edition hardcover. My best to the Conroy family in this new year.
I remember reading the Lords of Discipline as a teenager on a road trip during a hot summer in the back of a van. I sobbed for several days while reading that book. Beach Music is the best book I have ever read. I go back and read it every few years and I wish the story never ended. I am now reading it for probably the 7th or 8th time. I will always return to this book and am so happy to have it in first edition hardcover. My best to the Conroy family in this new year.
Agency Reply:
I should not wonder about these notes to our beloved Pat Conroy... Often times I write something to him... sometimes it gets in a message on his author Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/PatConroyAuthor - I know how others feel as well. We are all part of the same tribe.
Often when we are in Beaufort and cross the long bridge over the Port Royal Sound we (Marly and I Pat's agents and friends) we both say loudly "Lowenstein, Lowenstein" the words with which The Prince of Tides movie ends since it was filmed on that bridge...
Thank you for writing.
Often when we are in Beaufort and cross the long bridge over the Port Royal Sound we (Marly and I Pat's agents and friends) we both say loudly "Lowenstein, Lowenstein" the words with which The Prince of Tides movie ends since it was filmed on that bridge...
Thank you for writing.