![]() But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal. Their long-simmering conflict burst into the open, fracturing an already battered family. While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused with his father brought even more attention. Pat's great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. ![]() But eventually, despite repeated confrontations with his father, Pat managed to claw his way toward a life he could have only imagined as a child. ![]() She was Pat's lifeline to a better world-that of books and culture. The Marine Corps fighter pilot was often brutal, cruel, and violent as Pat says, "I hated my father long before I knew there was an English word for 'hate.'" As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the toll his father's behavior took on his siblings, and especially on his mother, Peg. ![]() Pat Conroy's father, Donald Patrick Conroy, was a towering figure in his son's life. In this powerful and intimate memoir, the beloved bestselling author of The Prince of Tides and his father, the inspiration for The Great Santini, find some common ground at long last. ![]()
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