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Synopsis
How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice? Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 Colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the other. While she's the same person at her core in both times, she's leading two vastly different lives. In Colonial Williamsburg, Libby is a public printer for the House of Burgesses and the Royal Governor, trying to provide for her family and support the Patriot cause. The man she loves, Henry Montgomery, has his own secrets. As the revolution draws near, both their lives--and any hope of love--are put in jeopardy. Libby's life in 1914 New York is filled with wealth, drawing room conversations, and bachelors. But the only work she cares about--women's suffrage--is discouraged, and her mother is intent on marrying her off to an English marquess. The growing talk of war in Europe only complicates matters. But Libby knows she's not destined to live two lives forever. On her twenty-first birthday, she must choose one path and forfeit the other--but how can she choose when she has so much to lose in each life?
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Is When the Day Comes (Timeless Book #1) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This clean historical romance features mild war-related peril and discussion of women's suffrage and revolution, but contains no strong language, violence, or sexual content beyond kissing. The complex time-travel premise and historical context are best suited for mature teen readers and adults.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include war and class struggle.
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to the unique premise of living two lives in different time periods and the impossible choice between them.