Pat Conroy's novels have been favorite reading group picks for decades. His stories, including South of Broad, The Great Santini, and Beach Music, have great thought-provoking topics to discuss for hours.

Now, My Reading Life by Pat Conroy celebrates his favorite picks! Pat shares stories about the books that he views as the most important influences on his life as a boy, a man, and as one of America's most gifted writers. He has for years kept a notebook in which he notes words or phrases, just from a love of language.

For Pat, read­ing is not simply a pleasure to be enjoyed in off-hours or a source of inspiration for his own writing. It would hardly be an exaggeration to claim that reading has saved his life, and if not his life, then surely his sanity.

Atlanta Magazine praises My Reading Life as "his most personal and introspective offering yet...you are in the hands of a master craftsman who happens to be a great storyteller."

Reading about Pat's lifetime love of reading is like sitting down with him at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee. What a great treat for yourself and any book lover on your list!

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