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So SO good. I absolutely devoured this book in one sitting. If you are a fan of time-travel historicals like “Outlander” (as I am) you will LOVE this one. Kathryn is visiting her grandmother in Atlanta when she discovers a portal to travel back to the 1800s. There, she encounters Forest Water, a Cherokee woman with her baby, who is being abused by her white husband.
Without getting into too many spoilers, because author Connie Lacy’s writing cleverly peels back layers of this story the further y ...more
Without getting into too many spoilers, because author Connie Lacy’s writing cleverly peels back layers of this story the further y ...more
After the opening few pages, which appears to be an innocent visit to Grandma, The Going Back Portal leaps right in to the action and never looks back. Connie Lacy uses time travel as a clever device to explore the past and connect it to the present. In this case, investigative reporter Kathryn comes face to face with the Trial of Tears, the forced relocation of Native Americans from their ancestral homelands. The story becomes very personal for Kathryn which compares and contrasts now to then.
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The Going Back Portal is a fast-paced and engaging time travel story with lots of exciting twists and turns. Lacy's protagonist, Kathryn Spears, a modern day investigative reporter, goes back to her Cherokee great-great grandmother's time in the 1840s and finds her (a young mother at the time) being victimized by a cruel and disgusting white man who claims to be her husband. Kathryn vows to save her. All the while, Kathryn's present day life is full of complications that may just get her fired--
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“There’s no denying Nana did sometimes resemble an old Indian woman.” So begins Connie Lacy’s riveting time travel tale, The Going Back Portal.
Kathryn Spears is a producer for investigative reporter Mallory Cleveland at a television station in Atlanta, Georgia. When Kathryn visits her grandmother Edie—Nana—at her rural cottage, Nana tells her she has new Cherokee neighbors out behind the house. Kathryn chalks it up to the worsening of her grandmother’s dementia, until she herself falls through ...more
Kathryn Spears is a producer for investigative reporter Mallory Cleveland at a television station in Atlanta, Georgia. When Kathryn visits her grandmother Edie—Nana—at her rural cottage, Nana tells her she has new Cherokee neighbors out behind the house. Kathryn chalks it up to the worsening of her grandmother’s dementia, until she herself falls through ...more
What a great story. Kathryn is a TV journalist she has enough on her plate at the moment hunting down a drama teacher with dodgy cocktails. Then her grandmother tells her there is a non-existent Cherokee woman living at the back of her house. I'm not giving anything away - the clue is in the title, Kathryn ends up going back and opens up a big can of worms. Connie Lacy has her character considering everything in this immersive novel. Interesting ancestry historical fiction, heartwarming family s
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Another fine read from Connie Lacy. I haven’t read many time travel novels, but this one had me hooked. It clips along at such an exciting pace, I found it hard to put down. Great storytelling!
