num_pages: 679
description: Pat Conroy has created a huge, brash thunderstorm of a novel, stinging with honesty and resounding with drama. 'Spanning forty years, this is the story of turbulent Tom Wingo, his gifted and troubled twin sister Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the extraordinary family into which they were born.
language: English
title: The Prince of Tides
titlecomplete: The Prince of Tides
characters: Sallie Wingo, Reese Newbury, Eddie Detreville, Amos Wingo, John Stanopolous, Savannah Wingo, Tolitha Wingo, Tom Wingo, Herbert Woodruff, Dr. Susan Lowenstein, Henry Wingo, Bernard Woodruff, Luke Wingo, Lila Wingo
genres: Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Drama, Adult Fiction, Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 206370
places: New York City, New York, South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia
publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback