University City Public Library Book Challenge: How To Stop Time

University City MO

08 February, 2022

3:25 AM

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Press release from University City Public Library Book Challenge: February 6, 2022 How To Stop Time What if we could live hundreds of years, growing older at an infinitesimal pace? How To Stop Time demonstrates what that life might be like. Tom has not only lived history from 1581 to the present, but he teaches it to high school students now. And as he covers the material, it's clear that humanity isn't progressing on an always upward trajectory to the greater good. Humanity is a roller coaster. Those who are different are often confronted with suspicion and hate. Tom's youthful looks have always put his loved ones in danger. He's torn between wanting to find love and to protect those he cares for. When a man named Hendrich appears in Tom's life with a strategy to keep the witch-hunters and researchers from getting too suspicious of people with anageria (the condition of very slow ageing), Tom doesn't like Hendrich, but feels that Hendrich is his best hope for possibly finding his daughter, who he has learned also has this condition. Loved this book and its trip through history, complete with plagues, Shakespeare, fascism, war and philosophical snippets galore. This press release was produced by University City Public Library Book Challenge. The views expressed here are the author's own.