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Time Shadows
Even though she's a scieintist with a Ph.D., Jacqueline Devore is so desperate to escape her vifid dreams that she will even consult a psychic. Each time she closes her eyes, she finds herself inside the body of another woman, pregnant with twins and living in WWII France, where she is a caught up in the holocaust and moved from one Nazi prison to another. Jacqueline is desperately afraid in the present, threatened and followed everywhere, as is the woman she becomes whenever she sleeps--that woman, Michelle, desperately fights for her life, and the lives of her twins.
290 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2003
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July 15, 2012
What is the book about?
Jacqueline is an experimental psychologist who is having extremely vivid and terrifying dreams. The dreams are so real that she has a hard time knowing if it's her life that is real or Michelle, the girl's life she views in her dreams. Each night she slips into sleep only to live Michelle's life as if it were her own. She fears that Michelle's life will take over and she will never wake up again as Jacqueline and forever live a different life through someone else's eyes.
Jacqueline takes the advice of a co-worker and sees a psychic named Delphi. Delphi puts her under hypnosis to reveal the dreams Jacqueline is so concerned about. Michelle is a pregnant woman living in France during the Holocaust. She is taken by the SS on the way to tell her husband that she is expecting twins.
Jacqueline puts her trust in the psychic but is insistant that there is a scientific explanation for the dreams. She makes an appointment to see her family doctor in hopes to get to the root of the problem. Dr. Steinbeck has been her doctor for her whole life and trusts him but he seems to be showing a strange interest in her and her dreams. Does he think she's gone crazy or does he have ulterior motives?
It seems like everyone including her parents know something about these dreams that they just aren't telling her. As dreams become more violent after Michelle is taken by the SS and transferred from one horrible place to the next, the physical toll is showing on Jacqueline. It's almost as if they were connected as one person. As Michelle grows sick from harsh conditions, Jacqueline starts showing similar symptoms. How will Jacqueline find a way to survive through her own dreams?
What did I think?
I couldn't put this book down starting the moment I picked it up. The twists and turns that this book takes was completely unpredictable. This book is the perfect grey area between fiction and non fiction. It had a lot of history and truth to the story from the Holocaust with just enough fantasy to really show off Sharon Jordan's creative side. I would love to interview Ms. Jordan to find out how this idea for this book came to her. What sort of research was done for this book? Is there any truth to Michelle's story?
It was very well written and I could feel the pain that Michelle experienced as if I too were living the horrible dream. I've always been interested in the Holocaust but reading factual books about the event always felt like History class but with Sharon Jordan's twist to the events it was an enjoyable, page turning read. I recommend everyone read this book!
June 14, 2012
The author
Born in Southern California Sharon Jordan divides her time between acting and writing. She has been trained in producing and directing independent films and has written several scripts for TV, film and stage. She graduated from the Second City Conservatory in Los Angeles. For more information visit http://www.sharon-jordan.com
The review
I am not really sure how to start this review. This book is a perfect example of two sides of the story and not only the storyline itself.
The book tells two stories. One is the story of Jacqueline, how she is trying to find help for her weird dreams and instead keeps running into problems and the story of Michelle.
The Michelle parts are very strong and well written. The character was strong and you could feel everything she was going trough. It was clear the author spend a lot of time investigating the situation and also spend a lot of time to carefully develop this story.
All this lacks in the story of Jacqueline. There are so many flaws they are annoying. According to the time line we are in 1972 but the way Jacqueline is behaving does not fit a woman in that era. Not even with a backup story that her mother failed to set an example. The language she is using towards Delphi and her physician, the lack of respect she shows for these people is annoying.
The book had bit of a rushed feeling like there was not enough time to complete the whole story and parts where put in to fill the book. Still I would like to know more about Jacqueline's other caretakers, who are they and what are their roles. Simon and Jeffrey seem like interesting character too but could have been filled out a bit more.
Still I gave this book three stars. One is for the original idea and well set up idea and one is for the fact that even though the book by times is annoying I still wanted to continue reading it. This combined feeling made that I felt two stars was a bit low for this book but I am not sure it deserves the three stars either. I hope the next book in this series, which is expected later this year, gives a bit more attention to the whole of the story cause there is a lot of potential.
Born in Southern California Sharon Jordan divides her time between acting and writing. She has been trained in producing and directing independent films and has written several scripts for TV, film and stage. She graduated from the Second City Conservatory in Los Angeles. For more information visit http://www.sharon-jordan.com
The review
I am not really sure how to start this review. This book is a perfect example of two sides of the story and not only the storyline itself.
The book tells two stories. One is the story of Jacqueline, how she is trying to find help for her weird dreams and instead keeps running into problems and the story of Michelle.
The Michelle parts are very strong and well written. The character was strong and you could feel everything she was going trough. It was clear the author spend a lot of time investigating the situation and also spend a lot of time to carefully develop this story.
All this lacks in the story of Jacqueline. There are so many flaws they are annoying. According to the time line we are in 1972 but the way Jacqueline is behaving does not fit a woman in that era. Not even with a backup story that her mother failed to set an example. The language she is using towards Delphi and her physician, the lack of respect she shows for these people is annoying.
The book had bit of a rushed feeling like there was not enough time to complete the whole story and parts where put in to fill the book. Still I would like to know more about Jacqueline's other caretakers, who are they and what are their roles. Simon and Jeffrey seem like interesting character too but could have been filled out a bit more.
Still I gave this book three stars. One is for the original idea and well set up idea and one is for the fact that even though the book by times is annoying I still wanted to continue reading it. This combined feeling made that I felt two stars was a bit low for this book but I am not sure it deserves the three stars either. I hope the next book in this series, which is expected later this year, gives a bit more attention to the whole of the story cause there is a lot of potential.
August 7, 2012
An Absorbing Mystery…
Follow two women who are separated in time and yet seem to share a strange bond in Time Shadows, the first book in a series called The Shadow Chronicles. Follow Jacqueline Devore as she struggles to discover what her headaches and the man who aggressively pursues her from place to place have to do with her continual dreams that slowly become a reality of sorts, gripping her in a semi-conscious state in between two planes of existence. An absorbing mystery to both Jacqueline and the readers alike!
Follow the courageous, kind, and beautiful Michelle Suiste as she faces peril after peril in World War 2 occupied France: first the dreaded Drancy concentration camp, then the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. There she meets the devil disguised as a doctor, Josef Mengele, Mengele performs unspeakable acts of terror upon innocent children and their helpless mothers. Meanwhile, Michelle struggles in her last trimester of pregnancy before giving birth at the death camp. Her two daughters, Eva and Ana, are also subjected to unspeakable terrors, raising the question: will Michelle and her twins survive the death camp?
Author, Sharon Jordan, seamlessly integrates two times, WW2 and the 1970s, with a store of surprise twists that no one, including this reader, will see coming. Get absorbed into where the two pasts intersect and interact in Jordan’s Time Shadows. From the vivid details, it is also clear that Jordan has done her research quite thoroughly.
Jordan truly documents the horrors that the Jewish people endure at the hands of the Nazis in occupied France during the Second World War in Time Shadows. The book also shows that a mother’s love is more powerful than the strongest of hate. I give Time Shadows 5 stars. Once you start reading, you will not want to put this book down.
Follow two women who are separated in time and yet seem to share a strange bond in Time Shadows, the first book in a series called The Shadow Chronicles. Follow Jacqueline Devore as she struggles to discover what her headaches and the man who aggressively pursues her from place to place have to do with her continual dreams that slowly become a reality of sorts, gripping her in a semi-conscious state in between two planes of existence. An absorbing mystery to both Jacqueline and the readers alike!
Follow the courageous, kind, and beautiful Michelle Suiste as she faces peril after peril in World War 2 occupied France: first the dreaded Drancy concentration camp, then the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. There she meets the devil disguised as a doctor, Josef Mengele, Mengele performs unspeakable acts of terror upon innocent children and their helpless mothers. Meanwhile, Michelle struggles in her last trimester of pregnancy before giving birth at the death camp. Her two daughters, Eva and Ana, are also subjected to unspeakable terrors, raising the question: will Michelle and her twins survive the death camp?
Author, Sharon Jordan, seamlessly integrates two times, WW2 and the 1970s, with a store of surprise twists that no one, including this reader, will see coming. Get absorbed into where the two pasts intersect and interact in Jordan’s Time Shadows. From the vivid details, it is also clear that Jordan has done her research quite thoroughly.
Jordan truly documents the horrors that the Jewish people endure at the hands of the Nazis in occupied France during the Second World War in Time Shadows. The book also shows that a mother’s love is more powerful than the strongest of hate. I give Time Shadows 5 stars. Once you start reading, you will not want to put this book down.
June 11, 2013
This is the story of Jacqueline, who through having the same dreams every night finds a psychic for answers. With the help of psychic Delphi, Jacqueline’s dreams are not just dreams; she is reliving the life of Michelle, who was married to a Jew, in the Second World War and she is pregnant with twins.
Through Michelle’s eyes, Jacqueline lives through the torment, pain, degradation of living in a German death camp, and being submitted to experiments due to carrying twins.
I found this book “unputdownable”, it was well written, descriptive and easy to read, and it had me gripped by the first chapter. The story however gave you an insight of the horrors that went on in the German death camps, and the tension at the end of the book will mean you will be reading throughout the night.
You can see more at www.thepinkreader.com
Through Michelle’s eyes, Jacqueline lives through the torment, pain, degradation of living in a German death camp, and being submitted to experiments due to carrying twins.
I found this book “unputdownable”, it was well written, descriptive and easy to read, and it had me gripped by the first chapter. The story however gave you an insight of the horrors that went on in the German death camps, and the tension at the end of the book will mean you will be reading throughout the night.
You can see more at www.thepinkreader.com
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