Book description
First published in 1967, this is an autobiography that is a memoir of boyhood and adolescence. Beginning with a lesson in brutality at a progressive boarding school, the book moves to a self-help settlement in Florida, a Connecticut mental hospital (where Conroy's mother and stepfather are wardens), and to New…
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Frank Conroy’s memoir is truly a masterpiece of a young boy’s journey to manhood. I loved learning what went on in his head during his young life of upheaval, self-discovery and personal resilience. Written in 1967 about his life in the 1940s and early 1050s, this could have been about any boy growing up in the last seventy years in America minus cell phones and the like. By that, I mean it is about what we think, how we react and how we feel. A gift from my son, I can see how Frank’s story captivated him as the language…
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