The Mirror (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Marlys Millhiser
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—time travel
- Time of Work: 1900-1978
- Setting: Boulder, Colorado, and its vicinity
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, West, U.S., Time travel, Grandparents or grandchildren, Identity, Colorado, Southwest, Talisman or magical object, Mirrors or lenses
- Locales: Boulder, CO
The Plot
The Mirror blends time travel, personality transfer, horror, family saga, and gothic elements into an absorbing tale. On the eve of their respective weddings, two young women are transported into each other’s bodies and eras by a sinister mirror. Longing to return to their own times, both Brandy and Shay must stay and live out their relative’s life.
Shay Garrett awakes in 1900, inhabiting her grandmother Brandy McCabe’s body. Other shocks hit her quickly: an arranged marriage, Corbin Strock’s rude miner’s shack, epidemics, and early deaths....
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