Pat Conroy
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Comments (23)John, somthing along the lines of "Passion Fruit" comes to mind. I found this little gem at a 7-11 behind a copy of "Gentleman's Weekly". It was full of gorgeous garden photos, unfortunately they were all badly out of focus and it was hard to get my eyes past the scantily clad nymphettes holding a variety of garden produce. The world needs more books like that. What i particularly liked about this magazine was the emphasis on the art of the vegitable. I'll never look at a wet tomato the same. I never would have imagined that there was so much i didn't know about gardening. For example, did you know that if you light a daylilly bloom correctly it becomes translucent and barely hides anything? Yes, this was one of those books that changed our lives. We used to throw zucchini away. Now my wife wants me to let them grow, "...just a little bit more..." she says with a hint of smile. Poppa...See MoreCL11 Ask Me Tomorrow
Comments (150)Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story, Leonie Swann (This is absolutely the dumbest mystery I've ever read.)...See MoreFictional mental illness
Comments (30)This is a topic I was interested in reading more about, acutally. I am currently reading "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (I've never seen the movie) and it's going pretty well so far. I am a fan of Shirley Jackson (best known for her short story "The Lottery") and found out she wrote a novel called "Hangsaman" about a girl with mental illness. I can't find the book anywhere... other than at the local university(it's not due back until July!) so I may have my SO check it out at some point. The next book that came up in my search was "The Bell Jar" and I have wanted to read that, so maybe that's next. As for the realistic nature of the portrayal of mental illness... I'm not sure, to some extent this subject tends to be auotbiographical and so as far as you can trust personal experience it's accurate. When I think though of Bertha in "Jane Eyre" I'd like to think that that is a totally inaccurate portrayal of a person with mental illness. Bertha is a described as a monster and as inhuman, two things mentally ill people are generally not and it would not be PC to describe them as such currently....See MorePat Conroy has died.
Comments (7)The news came to me last night and saddens me deeply. His books brought the Lowcountry of SC to life in a way that no other has ever been able to do. That he survived his painful childhood is a testimony to professional therapy, and the fact that each of his books helped him peel back more and more layers of his past. I think that the last few years of his life were his happiest. He was back in his beautiful Beaufort, he had stopped drinking, and was working hard at getting fit. He seems to have truly forgiven those in his life who created such turmoil in his life. But I expect that he was caught by surprise by his illness, and not yet ready to leave this world. I'm grieving for the unwritten stories....Pat still had books in him....See More
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