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Book Review of South of Broad

South of Broad
South of Broad
Author: Pat Conroy
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 2


Pat Conroy has a way of getting into the hearts and minds of his characters, and deals with difficult familial relationships. Being a southerner who has lived out of the South for over 10 years, reading this book felt like being back with "my people". Too often people from other parts of the country see all Southerners as rednecks and poor white trash.It was good to read a book that represents some of the amazing changes that have happened in the South.

I couldn't put the book down, and although I wanted to savor every word, the story kept drawing me in and I finished it much more quickly than I wanted to.