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Aug 15, 2022 Lucinda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This took a while to read as it was my handbag book, but when I was about halfway through I decided to just sit and read until I finished (it was due back at the library!)
Although this book is classed as sci-fi due to the time travel involved, I think it is more of a character driven story.

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Jan 22, 2017 Donna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: speculative-fiction

Time travel and slave memoir is an unlikely combination yet this book captures a well done genre blend that includes historical fiction, fantasy, and women's empowerment novel.

I'm giving nothing away by revealing that this story is about an African-American women who time travels between 1976 California and early 19th century Maryland to find herself on a slave plantation needing to keep a young white man alive long enough to become her great-great-grandfather.

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Sep 21, 2014 Kerry rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: iownthis, 11booksclub, african-american, about-a-woman, female-author

I can't believe I picked the ONLY Butler that isn't science fiction. I chose it because it was a standalone, not a series, but still, that was stupid. I need to get over my "oh no I can't know ANYTHING about the plot!!" thing when choosing a book for Book Club. Oh well. Sorry, Book Clubbers!

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Apr 19, 2021 Malaina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Everyone should read this. I had avoided it because I don’t generally like science fiction but it read mostly like historical fiction. And it’s excellent.

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Sep 05, 2017 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, sci-fi-fantasy, american-history

I don't know why this isn't on every high school reading list. I also don't know why it is tagged as science fiction. Yes, there is time travel, but the logistics of it are never mentioned, never made clear, and are not anywhere near the heart of the book.
At the heart of the book is the relationship between Dana and Rufus. This relationship is complicated by time and place. Their bond that runs so deep that it breaks all conventions and has the power to save and destroy both of them.
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