by Pat Conroy
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
First published 1986
Tom Wingo returns home to South Carolina's low country, summoned by his gifted but troubled twin sister Savannah's suicide attempt. As he confronts his family's tragic past, Tom must reckon with the violent, chaotic legacy that has shaped his life and his sister's. Through this emotional reckoning, Tom and Savannah fight to break free of their family's dark history and forge their own path forward.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, southern-gothic, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: emotional-reckoning, found-family
Setting: New York, New York City, South Carolina
Period: 20th-century
567 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin Company
Content warnings: mental-illness, suicide