• ISBN13: 9780553381573
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Dial Press
• Publisher Imprint: Dial Press
• Publication Date: March 26, 2002
• Pages: 320
• Original Price: USD 20.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 272 grams

<p><b>From the Inside Flap</b><br>The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw island, America is a world away. For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe. Waste from industry threatens their very existence-unless, somehow, they can learn a new life. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher. <BR>Here is PAT CONROY'S extraordinary drama based on his own experience-the true story of a man who gave a year of his life to an island and the new life its people gave him.</p>