Name: The Great Santini

Author: Pat Conroy
Year: 1976
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Fiction, War/Military

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ISBNs:
9780553268928
9780553381559
0553268929
0553381555
Pat Conroy'€™s New York Times'€“bestselling coming-of-age novel about a son'€™s struggle to escape the domineering expectations of his volatile military father Marine Col. Bull Meecham commands his home like a soldiers'€™ barracks. Cold and controlling, but also loving, Bull has complicated relationships with each member of his family'€”in particular, his eldest son, Ben. A born athlete who desperately seeks his father'€™s approval, Ben is determined to break out from the colonel'€™s shadow. With guidance from teachers at his new school, he strives to find the courage to stand up to his father once and for all. Inspired by Pat Conroy'€™s own difficult relationship with his father, The Great Santini is a captivating and unflinching portrayal of modern family, and a moving novel of a son determined to become his own man.
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