30A: How to Stop Time

Tom Hazard, recently returned to London, has settled to become a high school history teacher, even meeting the captivating French teacher who seems just as captivated by him. However, Tom, though in want of an ordinary life, has a rare condition that has let him live for centuries, and the Albatross Society, a group that has protected people like Tom, has always had one rule: Never fall in love. Now Tom will have to decide between remaining stuck in the past or beginning to live in the present.This episode we’re reading How to Stop Time by Matt Haig up to but not including Hackney outside London, 1599. “Gossip. Gossip lived”TWs/CWs for this book seem to be:Dissociation; self-harm; suicidal thoughts/ideation; sexual assault (groping); drowning; murder (mentioned); gaslighting; violence; gun violence; self-immolation; arsonAnd our Socials are:https://twitter.com/5050_bookshttps://www.youtube.com/@5050_Bookshttps://www.goodreads.com/5050_books