{"id":44064,"date":"2018-07-25T10:48:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=44064"},"modified":"2018-07-25T10:51:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:51:25","slug":"stop-time-matt-haig-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/stop-time-matt-haig-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Time by Matt Haig [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43986\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/05\/How-to-Stop-Time-Matt-Haig-BookDragon-536x800.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/05\/How-to-Stop-Time-Matt-Haig-BookDragon-536x800.jpeg 536w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/05\/How-to-Stop-Time-Matt-Haig-BookDragon.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/>Tom Hazard has a condition that&#8217;s not in any official medical journal. Referred to in the 1890s as &#8220;anageria with a soft g,&#8221; Tom \u2013 who was born in March 1581! \u2013 is still very much alive, currently working as a London schoolteacher, and appears to be about 40.\u00a0Tom ages very slowly, and he&#8217;s been privy to live history all those years, hanging out with Arthur Schopenhauer and William Shakespeare, speaking multiple languages, hopping the globe, and mastering around 30 instruments.<\/p>\n<p>He hides in plain sight, changing his entire life every eight years, enabled by the Albatross Society, which purports to keep him safe \u2013 but unattached. Living so long means repeatedly losing everyone he cares for, most mournfully, the one love of his life; the only thing keeping him going is searching for their daughter to whom he&#8217;s passed on his anageric genes.<\/p>\n<p>Narrator Mark Meadows animates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthaig.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Matt Haig<\/a>\u2019s (<em>The Humans<\/em>) timeless protagonist with patient, crisp British English, with the occasional stumbles when he crosses oceans (an Arizona cowboy, he isn&#8217;t!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: With increasing demand guaranteed since the announcement of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/benedict-cumberbatch-drama-nabs-theory-everything-screenwriter-1034080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benedict Cumberbatch-graced film adaptation<\/a>, libraries should prepare to offer multiple formats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2018-07-01-523026.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Library Journal<\/em>, July 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Hazard has a condition that&#8217;s not in any official medical journal. 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