THE PRINCE OF TIDES by Pat Conroy (1986)

Narrated by Wolfram Kandinsky.
Unabridged, 23 audio cassettes (~34.5 hours)
Books On Tape Inc. (1988)
Collector's Edition:
Part 1: 12 cassettes. ISBN-10: 0736614580. ISBN-13: 978-0736614583
Part 2: 11 Cassettes. ISBN-10: 0736614591. ISBN-13: 978-0736614597
ISBN-10: 5557084894 ISBN-13: 978-5557084895

I could not find this recording in digital format, so I converted 
my personal copy of this recording to MP3. From audio cassette
(Nakamichi Dragon) to CD (Pioneer PDR-555RW) to MP3 (iTunes 8).
Bitrate: ~50kbps VBR, Mono, 24,000kHz).
Dolby NR was NOT used. You can post-process or equalize to your liking.

Yes, it took forever. Enjoy.


Cheers, FerraBit
February 2009
(posted & tracked: TPB & Demoniod)

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_of_Tides
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Conroy
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Tom Wingo, a high school coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his sister's suicide attempt. His twin, Savannah, is one of the most gifted poets of her generation. The cadenced beauty of her art and jumbled cries of her illness are clues to the long-hidden story of her wounded family.
Tom meets with Susan Lowenstein, Savannah's psychiatrist. Together they unravael a family history of violence, abandonment and love--and Tome realizes that trying to save his sister is the last chance to save himself.


"With passion and a rare gift of language, Pat Conroy moves from past to present...revealing his character's lives with depth and power, capturing the vanishing beauty of South Carolina and a lost way of life."


From Wikipedia:
"In 1986, Conroy published The Prince of Tides, another novel about a dysfunctional South Carolina family. The book tells the story of Tom Wingo, an unemployed South Carolina teacher who goes to New York City to help his sister, Savannah, a poet who has attempted suicide, to come to terms with their past. The book is partly based on Conroy's relationship with his sister, Carol. After the book was published, Conroy's sister stopped speaking to him for several years."


"A helluva book. Superb reader." --Ferrabit