A riveting time travel romance…Searching for meaning in her life, Hannah Myers is disoriented when she finds herself thrown back in time to 1918. Why is she here? And how can she possibly be falling in love with a buttoned-up newspaper reporter named David Wagner?With its quaint trolleys and Model T’s, Atlanta of 1918 is a far cry from the Atlanta she knows in 2019. It’s a dangerous era, with a … It’s a dangerous era, with a virulent flu epidemic killing millions while American doughboys are shipped off to fight in the waning days of the First World War. As if that’s not bad enough, the Ku Klux Klan is roaring back to life while a corrupt politician threatens anyone who crosses him, especially a certain reporter.
Realizing how great the threat is to the man she loves, Hannah is desperate to protect him. But is it possible to tamper with history? Could there be adverse repercussions?
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Return to an insalubrious past
This is a time travel romance in which Hannah Myers finds herself thrown back in time to Atlanta, 1918 where WW1 and the Spanish flu epidemic are the main crises of the day. Why is she here, and should she fall in love with a newspaper reporter named David Wagner whose approach to romance is a hundred years behind her. The characters are well developed; even the nasty ones, believable in their time zone, and entwined in a riveting story. I liked the contrast between today and 1918, and there are lessons from the past that could inform the present. The author did a superb job creating a version of 1918 for Hannah to face the raw ugliness of humanity, and then experience love, courage, and kindness. Recommended.
What an intriguing story!
The Time Capsule is an emotional roller coaster filled with powerful emotions and fascinating descriptions blended with historical facts.
Hannah Myers is a smart and beautiful public relations executive. A twist of fate—and a music box—takes her a hundred years back to Atlanta of 1918.
As if trying to survive during the dangerous era of The First World War and the Spanish Flu wasn’t enough, Hannah is torn apart by her growing feelings for Jewish newspaper reporter David Wagner. But David was born one hundred years before her time and was about to be drafted. Furthermore, his articles and Jewish heritage made him a target of a powerful corrupt politician and the Ku Klux Klan.
And what about Hannah’s family? If she decided to stay in 1918, she would never see them again.
The Time Capsule is a well-written, powerful story that I enjoyed immensely.
Connie Lacy – The Time Capsule – Reviewed 7/25/20 – Read 7/21-22/20
War, Flu Pandemic, Corruption, and a special reporter for a girl from the future!
Hannah Myers quit her job in a public relations position with a prestigious company in Atlanta. At the age of twenty-five, it was a glamorous job, but now, three years later all that had dulled. Living the high life, with expensive clothes, cars, and life in the fast lane was pulling her down. She needed to feel like she was contributing something, so she took a job with a non-profit company in Cincinnati.
Her friend and the artistic director of the historical Baldwin Theater, which had opened its doors in 1910, had convinced her to take a small roll in a play set in the 1890s. She would have rehearsals, and then the play would run for three weeks. It would finish just before she would start her new job. Arriving at the theater for rehearsal, she was the first one there. She decided that it might help her get into character if she dressed for her part. Finding a long yellow dress that looked like it could be from the right year, she put it on. Also, she would need a parasol, or maybe an umbrella would do the job. She looked everywhere and could not find one.
Hearing someone outside the room, she found an older man that was cleaning up. She inquired if maybe there was an umbrella somewhere in the building. He directed her to the basement as there was a locked room down there that might have one in it. No one was supposed to go in there… except! Scrunching up his eyes, he looked at her again and asked her if that was a yellow dress, and then he remarked that she had short dark hair. He seemed taken back by me like there was something wrong… He stated that at his age he didn’t go down there often, and only if he surely had too. He handed her a large brass skeleton key. He told her that the janitors before him had passed the key down, and told them that someday a young lady in a yellow dress with short dark hair might show up and that they were to give the key to only her. He seemed addled over the fact! She told him that she would bring the key right back, he told her to take her time!
And the story begins…
What did I like? Here is another of my favorite genres… Time travel! This one is quite different from the many others that I have read. The mystery of the connections is unique and certainly mysterious! I loved how the characters connected, they seemed like I had met them before. Of course, I fell in love with them. Hannah and David brought forth a myriad of issues that plagued that period of our history. It seems so weird to read about the influenza pandemic at this particular time when the COVID pandemic is going on. All of the symptoms, masks, hand washing, and social distancing are so familiar as to what we are experiencing today. But, not only the pandemic, the problems with racial issues. Back then there was so much more involved, and it led to the next war that overtook our country.
What will you like? Mystery abounds, historical issues brought forth, romance, time travel, war, flu pandemic, all taking place in the past. The characters are unique and wonderful, just like the people next door. The similar issues with the pandemics, all happening the same as right now. Looking at the life and issues of the newspaper reporter. A giant look at the time in Atlanta of 1918 and all of its beauty, with trolleys, the smell of horse apples in the road, and the end of WWI. It was trying times at the best, but throw in a little time travel girl that falls in love with a reporter, that is trying to expose corruption, and you have one heck of a read. An excellent book to add to your library.
• File Size: 2154 KB
• Print Length: 336 pages
• Publisher: Wild Falls Publishing (May 22, 2020)
• Publication Date: May 22, 2020
• ASIN: B0893LR659
• Genre: Time Travel Romance – Historical Fantasy
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Author Connie Lacy has created a riveting time travel novel, kept intimate by focusing on a small handful of characters, but written large on the canvas of the 1918 Flu Pandemic.
Hannah Myers finds herself whisked back to Atlanta, Georgia, as it was a century ago, in a world still reeling from The Great War and now being ravaged by a disease no one understands. In scenes which sound eerily familiar, we see people donning face masks on trolleys, businesses and churches being closed, a company refusing to allow employees to wear masks, attempts to suppress news about the severity of the outbreak. And complicating the horrors, the specter of bigotry raises its ugly head, as intense antisemitism fuels terrible violence.
Ultimately, The Time Capsule is an exploration of the human heart, which, sadly, has not evolved nearly so much as our technology. Although we may have the advantage of cell phones, streets made safer with traffic lights, elevators that don’t pose potentially lethal risks to passengers, and conveniences like microwaves and frozen foods, we still have to contend with prejudice and political corruption. Privilege and power are still adversaries on the journey to a more egalitarian society. In this light, the novel becomes a testament to love, courage, and generosity.
Wonderfully evocative, impeccably edited, this thrilling and romantic novel may be Ms. Lacy’s finest work yet. Once I began reading, I found it very difficult to stop.
But nagging questions remain. Do we believe her disclaimer that she had no idea at all when she began writing The Time Capsule in the spring of 2019 that we would be dealing with another pandemic when she published her book?
Is Connie Lacy a Precog?