{"title":"Pat Conroy","description":"Pat Conroy (1945-2016) was the author of The Boo, The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, My Losing Season, South of Broad, My Reading Life, and The Death of Santini.","products":[{"product_id":"the-great-santini-paperback","title":"The Great Santini - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Pat Conroy's classic semi-autographical novel of a harsh Marine father and his son's struggle to come into his own.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Robust and vivid...full of feeling.\" \u003cem\u003e--Newsday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Bull Meecham, the epitome of the Marine officer. Demanding, authoritarian, as tough a disciplinarian at home as at the base, Bull is a difficult man to please, and even harder to love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is also the story of Ben Meecham, Bull's oldest son. A gifted athlete whose best never satisfies his father, Ben must balance his own ambition with his father's expectations--and decide what course he will chart for himself and what kind of man he will become. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiercing, bittersweet, and unforgettable, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Santini \u003c\/em\u003eis Pat Conroy's semi-autobiographical lens into fathers and sons, and the powerful legacy one man can leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101522366687,"sku":"9780063347632","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6IS7Qbju4T9780063347632.webp?v=1781071652"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/pat-conroy.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}