A South Carolina man goes to New York to help his troubled twin sister and confronts his family’s past
What it is about
Tom Wingo grew up on the South Carolina coast with a violent father and a mother who hid the truth. When his twin sister, a poet in New York, is in crisis, he travels north to meet her psychiatrist. Telling his family’s story brings long-buried memories to the surface.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like long family sagas with lush writing.
What you will get
A moving, emotional novel that was adapted into a 1991 film. It deals with serious trauma.
Behind the book
It was adapted into a 1991 film directed by and starring Barbra Streisand.
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The Prince of Tides Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Family · Memory · South Carolina
Length
567 pages · ≈ 16 h
More about this book
Characters
Tom Wingo, his twin sister Savannah and her therapist.
Setting
The South Carolina Lowcountry and New York City.
What makes it different
Rich, Southern storytelling that moves between past and present.
Feel
Lyrical, painful and powerful.
Tinkers
I Know This Much Is True
The Things They Carried
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Joy Luck Club
What Alice Forgot
Everything I Never Told You
My Sister’s Keeper