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  • Time and Again

  • Book 1 in the History Mystery Series
  • By: Deborah Heal
  • Narrated by: Michelle Babb
  • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)
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Time and Again

By: Deborah Heal
Narrated by: Michelle Babb
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Summary

An old house + A new computer program = The travel opportunity of a lifetime...to another century.

Abby Thomas is spending the summer in a run-down old house with a bratty pre-teen named Merrideth she is supposed to tutor. Not a dream job. But it does come with perks.

There's John Roberts, a devastatingly attractive neighbor who is almost too wonderful to be real.

And there's the new computer program Beautiful Houses--also too amazing to be real. No one knows how it works, but with it she can rewind and fast-forward the lives of all the people who ever lived in the house, including Charlotte Miles.

In 1858, the house is a train stop on the Alton & Chicago Line. And Charlotte is stuck there serving meals to the passengers, wondering if she'll ever get to have any fun. And then she meets two travelers who change her life forever.

There's James McGuire with whom she falls in love. And there's his boss, a young Springfield lawyer named Abraham Lincoln. His debate with political opponent Stephen Douglas catapults him onto the national stage. And it inspires Charlotte to take up the cause of abolition.

The House

A stop on the Alton & Chicago Line. A stop on the Underground Railroad.

Watching the house's history unfold, Abby and Merrideth gain a new perspective on their own lives as time and again they see God's loving hand in the lives of its inhabitants.

©2013 Deborah Heal (P)2014 Deborah Heal

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This book was awesome. Loved the story of it. The Narrator was on point. Really loving these books. It's got everything in it. These are great books.

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Fabulous audiobook

Fabulous mystery book
There's John Roberts, a devastatingly attractive neighbor who is almost too wonderful to be real.

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Great Listen

This book started a little slowly I thought and I had misgivings but once it got going it was brilliant. A great story well told. Abby and Meredith are 2 lovely characters ably supported by Michael the boy with the speech impediment, and the old lady with her superb garden and cookies! All the characters are well developed, Meredith a pain in the you know what to start off with, typically spoilt 11 1/2 year old but grows up a lot as the book goes on with Abbys help. The computer program is superb... I want it! ☺ Michelle Babb does her usual wonderful job of the narration using all her talents to produce the voices for different characters... doesn't sing in this one though! LOL! Highly recommended listen for anyone who enjoys this kind of book. Can't wait to listen to the rest of the series.
I was kindly given a copy of this book by the narrator and leave this honest and voluntary review.

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lovely story!

really enjoyed this book
from the here now back to the past let's you revel a little in history as well as smashing characters .
very good narration.

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A history mystery adventure with time surfing

Really enjoyed this first book, loved the history and modern day fusion would love to look back at history, narration was really good

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Clever

This is a different but very clever story. With so much depth and meaning in it. It is a slow paced story. But it’s a story so worth reading. Loved it all 😍 xcx

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enjoyable



I really enjoyed this book. It's been a while since I read a I historical story. I was surprised when the story was a both modern and history
I really enjoyed listening.

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interesting book

I found this book to be interesting. I liked the characters and the plot flowed well. There were parts that I found believable and interesting. I thought the book was plotted out well and I would listen to more books by this author. I enjoyed listening to the narrator as well. She did a good job at bringing each character to life by giving them a distinct voice. I liked the speed she read at and I am likely to listen to more books she narrates.

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A look back in time

This was a very different book and I wasn't sure what to expect but I think it worked well and is a great start to the series. I liked the characters especially the two girls, with so many divorces in the world it was nice to listen to how one young girl isn't forgotten, even if it is only by her unpaid nanny and the addition of the young boy adds some humour to the story. Will romance be next?. The history side was interesting and gave the story a look in to different type and style of life, it will be interesting to see how the story develops in he next book.
Abby is spending her summer holidays as a tutor to Merrideth, helping her with maths and English. As well as manners and her appearance but how do you get a teenager to do math homework when all she wants to do is play computer games and wait for a phone call from her father? Abby turns to the computer that has already got educational programs already on it and soon the pair of them get hooked watch a young girl live her life. Merrideth and her mother have only just moved into her aunts home after her death and knows nothing about the local history of the house or the village but that is all about to change with one click of the mouse. Together they learn about the underground railroad that saved a number of coloured slaves, people that stayed in the very house they are now living in, all while watching the computer screen. God does everything for a reason will Abby and Merrideth found out that reason?
The narrator was very good and it really felt like you had stepped back in time and I think a big part of that was because she was narrating it.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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We're the little puppets He plays with.

Since the book's synopsis is already given so completely, there is little point in rehearsing it further here. But it is worth reinforcing the fact that this is not a time travel book, but a viewing through the screen of a computer the unfolding of a period of time centred around a specific house and it's occupants and Charlotte, in particular. It is, however, a clever device for conveying historical events dressed as fiction.

There is a heavily Christian message running throughout, also: all things occurs for a reason, by God's will and through his love - nice sentiments but, for this reader, just a little too trite and heavy handed. Having said that, the story was enjoyable, and made much more so by the narration of Michelle Babb, whose warmth of delivery and voicing of all the characters, really gave it life.

An original way for a younger person to learn about history, though I personally feel that, to hold interest, the youngster would already have to have an interest. It is, however, a gentle and pleasurable revisiting of the past for older readers..

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