Pat Conroy: My Mother and Gone With The Wind
Clip: 4/1/2012 | 4m 31s
Pat Conroy tells a poignant story of listening to his mother read Gone With the Wind
One of the great writers of our time, Pat Conroy tells a poignant story of growing up in the South and listening to his mother read Gone With the Wind with heartfelt emotion and joy. The author of The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini and The Lords of Discipline attributes his mother's impassioned love of Gone With the Wind to his decision to become a novelist.
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Pat Conroy: My Mother and Gone With The Wind
Clip: 4/1/2012 | 4m 31s
One of the great writers of our time, Pat Conroy tells a poignant story of growing up in the South and listening to his mother read Gone With the Wind with heartfelt emotion and joy. The author of The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini and The Lords of Discipline attributes his mother's impassioned love of Gone With the Wind to his decision to become a novelist.
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