{"product_id":"stoptime-isbn-9780140044461","title":"Stop-Time","description":"First published in 1967, \u003ci\u003eStop-Time\u003c\/i\u003e was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy's wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father's early death and a son's exhilarating escape into manhood.Stop-TimePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. \u003c\/b\u003eSavages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. \u003c\/b\u003eSpace and a Dead Mule\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eGoing North\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. \u003c\/b\u003eWhite Days and Red Nights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. \u003c\/b\u003eHate, and a Kind of Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. \u003c\/b\u003ePlease Don't Take My Sunshine Away\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. \u003c\/b\u003eShit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. \u003c\/b\u003eA Yo-Yo Going Down, A Mad Squirrel Coming Up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. \u003c\/b\u003eFalling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Coldness of Public Places\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. \u003c\/b\u003eBlindman's Buff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. \u003c\/b\u003eNights Away from Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. \u003c\/b\u003eDeath by Itself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. \u003c\/b\u003eLicense to Drive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. \u003c\/b\u003eHanging On\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. \u003c\/b\u003eLosing My Cherry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. \u003c\/b\u003eGoing to Sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e18. \u003c\/b\u003eElsinore, 1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e19. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Lock on the Metro Door\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e20. \u003c\/b\u003eUnambiguous Events\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Conroy \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1936 and graduated from Haverford College in 1958. He was director of the prestigious Writers' Workshop. Conroy wrote an autobiography \u003ci\u003eStop-Time\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1967, and his collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eMidair\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1985. His work has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e GQ\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Harper’s Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304059719909,"sku":"NP9780140044461","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140044461.jpg?v=1767737366","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/stoptime-isbn-9780140044461","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}