Frosh: A One-Year Memoir

by John R Scannell

The year is 1965, and Jack Timins, born and raised Catholic and educated for twelve years in Catholic schools, is going out into the big, wide, secular world. After his summer job as an assistant manager at a municipal pool, Jack is off to college leaving "the woman he loves" and his childhood behind. At college, Jack must handle a host of new and unsettling experiences-hazing by upperclassmen; a power-crazed dorm counselor; an atheist roommate; an unanticipated sexual awakening; and the tragic death of a loved one. He also delights in discovering his love of theatre and acting-reveling in his ability to step outside himself. Frosh is Jack Timins' crucial, life-altering, eye-opening, and heart-breaking year of self-discovery. By turns funny, heart-warming, and sad, Frosh is the story of how Jack discovers that our lives often don't unfold as we had planned.

246 pages, Paperback

Published December 29, 2022

Reviews

[Traci]

Do you know those moments where in the middle of another activity or thought, you suddenly flash back to those young adult years? That's exactly what Jack Timmens, the main character in Frosh: A One-Year Memoir, brings to life. I found myself believing in his young naivety as a teenager and connected with first moments of freedom as a college freshman. This short memoir touches on so many topics. Whether you went to college or lived in the 1960's, it is a delightful that anyone would enjoy!