LEADER 00000nim a22004815a 4500 003 MWT 005 20230721054814.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 230720s2023 xxunnn es z n eng d 020 9780063309494|q(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0063309491|q(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780063309494_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT16096302 037 16096302|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Conroy, Pat. 245 10 Water Is Wide|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cPat Conroy. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2023. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 17 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Jeremy Arthur. 520 "A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail." -Charleston News and Courier Yamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For years these families lived proudly from the sea until waste from industry destroyed the oyster beds essential to their very existence. Already poor, they knew they would have to face an uncertain future unless, somehow, they learned a new life. But they needed someone to teach them, and their rundown schoolhouse had no teacher. The Water Is Wide is Pat Conroy's extraordinary memoir based on his experience as one of two teachers in a two-room schoolhouse, working with children the world had pretty much forgotten. It was a year that changed his life, and one that introduced a group of poor Black children to a world they did not know existed. "A hell of a good story." -The New York Times "[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story." -Baltimore Sun 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 20 Yamacraw Elementary School. 650 0 African Americans|xEducation (Elementary)|zSouth Carolina. 650 0 Islands|zSouth Carolina. 651 0 South Carolina. 700 1 Arthur, Jeremy,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 15662136?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780063309494_180.jpeg