FFB THE PRINCE OF TIDES, Pat Conroy

 

I think I read just about all of Pat Conroy's books back in the day. I guess he is most famous for THE GREAT SANTINI but almost all of them were best sellers, even MY READING LIFE, a non-fiction book about what he read. This is my favorite because it's such a romantic and heartbreaking family saga. It's about the affect of a dysfunctional childhood on two adults. The sister is suicidal and her therapist gets involved with her brother, a married man with three children. They really don't make them exactly like this anymore. A perfect beach read although there's so rough going. A very good movie too with Nick Nolte and Barbra Streisand.