Recommendation by Mr. Giovinazzo- Frank Conroy's Stop Time
Published
in 1967 and nominated for a National Book Award, Stop-Time is an extremely well-written memoir containing all of the
characteristics of a coming-of-age novel. Readers are privy to Conroy’s
psychological and moral growth, as well as his various educational experiences.
In the narrative, Conroy loses his father at a young age and grows up with a
highly questionable mother and stand-in step dad. From a whacky counterculture
boarding school to Haverford College, Conroy’s life in between is marked by
neglect, mischief, and unique situations that prove true life is stranger than
fiction. This masterpiece shows why Frank Conroy was the director of the
prestigious Iowa Writer’s Workshop for 18 years.
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