Book Review Amy shows a knack for writing with humor, authenticity, and heart with You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story that Never Happened. At first, I thought the concept was a bit strange - imagining yourself traveling back in time to your childhood home and pretending to be a visiting distant relative on… Continue reading You Cannot Mess This Up by Amy Weinland Daughters
Anywhen by Beth Duke In this podcast interview Megan welcomes Beth Duke to talk about her new book, Anywhen, available now. She talks about the fascinating research she did to complete the story. Please rate, review, and subscribe so that you never miss an episode! Follow on social media to stay connected! Links to find… Continue reading Episode 86 – Beth Duke: Anywhen
Joan Baez Smith – Baezy for short – lives in the year 2101 in a place called Unity. Technology has eradicated disease and prolonged the human life span. Meals are optimized for nutrition, and everyone’s schedule includes the perfect amount of exercise, education, socializing, and leisure. For her birthday this year, Baezy’s mother has arranged for a special trip back in time. She will travel back to the year 1969 to attend Woodstock, where she plans to meet her great-great-great-grandmother Kelly Jean Adams. During that time, Kelly was on the brink of a groundbreaking career in AI, paving the way for the world that Baezy lives in. And she spends the festival weekend working on her equations and sulking over misogyny at her work. So when Baezy shows up fronting as Sarah, a runaway with a mysterious past, everyone is skeptical about befriending her. Expect for Jack, a fellow graduate and friend of the group. Jack is naturally drawn to Sarah’s good looks and charm. But since the draft for Vietnam is approaching, Jack doesn’t plan to return home and risk being sent to war. But Baezy/Sarah knows what the future holds. And the closer she gets to the group, the harder it is for her to let events play out. What starts off as a once-in-a-lifetime event ends up changing their lives forever. Anywhen by Beth Duke is a dual timeline, dual POV historical fiction that explores the trouble with meeting your heroes and meddling with events, not knowing the risks that lie ahead.
