Pat Conroy

I left some books with my new friends when I returned from a summer spent in then Czechoslavakia because it was difficult for them to acquire contemporary fiction in English: Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides, Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Misery by Stephen King.

Allison Hill: Books I've Loved and Lost Allison Hill 2011

I left some books with my new friends when I returned from a summer spent in then Czechoslavakia because it was difficult for them to acquire contemporary fiction in English: Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides, Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Misery by Stephen King.

Allison Hill: Books I've Loved and Lost Allison Hill 2011

I left some books with my new friends when I returned from a summer spent in then Czechoslavakia because it was difficult for them to acquire contemporary fiction in English: Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides, Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love , Misery by Stephen King.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Allison Hill 2011

The power and draw of Pat Conroy remains, but with limitations.

Jackie K. Cooper: My Reading Life: The Scales Have Fallen From My Eyes Jackie K. Cooper 2011

For as long as I can remember I have been a fan of the writing of Pat Conroy.

Jackie K. Cooper: My Reading Life: The Scales Have Fallen From My Eyes Jackie K. Cooper 2011

In "My Reading Life" Doubleday, 340 pages, $25, best-selling novelist Pat Conroy has written his autobiography through the books that have shaped him since childhood.

The Life Well-Read Eric Ormsby 2011

In his memoir of playing basketball for the Citadel, "My Losing Season," novelist Pat Conroy makes a compelling case for the soul-enriching advantages of losing: "Winning is wonderful in every aspect, but the darker music of loss resonates on deeper, richer planes."

Battered and Bruised, It's Better to Lose Eric Felten 2011

For as long as I can remember I have been a fan of the writing of Pat Conroy.

Jackie K. Cooper: My Reading Life: The Scales Have Fallen From My Eyes Jackie K. Cooper 2011

Ms. Streisand directed from an adaptation of the Pat Conroy novel by Mr. Conroy and Becky Johnston.

'Hugo': A Dazzler, but No Victor Joe Morgenstern 2011

Novelist Pat Conroy was on The Citadel's basketball team when it visited Clemson.

Tales From the Stormy Atlantic Fred Barnes 2011