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Stop-Time

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Stop-Time
Stop-Time

Lyrical coming-of-age through restless, bruised American youth

If you like memoirs that feel both intimate and sharply observed, this one really lingers. Frank Conroy writes with a quiet, wry beauty about drifting childhood, loss, and the messy push toward adulthood, making even ordinary hardships feel vivid and strangely unforgettable. It’s the kind of book readers often admire for how honestly it captures growing up without ever turning sentimental.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780140044461
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Autobiography, Memoir

Description

First published in 1967, Stop-Time is a landmark of modern American autobiography, tracing a boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Frank Conroy's wry, sad, and beautiful tale follows life on the road, with odd jobs, lost friendships, brutal schools, and first loves; it also chronicles a father's early death and a son's exhilarating emergence into manhood.
 

Lyrical coming-of-age through restless, bruised American youth

If you like memoirs that feel both intimate and sharply observed, this one really lingers. Frank Conroy writes with a quiet, wry beauty about drifting childhood, loss, and the messy push toward adulthood, making even ordinary hardships feel vivid and strangely unforgettable. It’s the kind of book readers often admire for how honestly it captures growing up without ever turning sentimental.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.