Time After Time: A young adult 1980s time travel novel

by Sara Crawford

Megan Gallagher has only ever seen her mother as neurotic and overworked.When a Whitney Houston song at the 80s dance sends Megan back to 1987, she discovers her teenage mom dressed in all black and sneaking liquor in the bathroom.After preventing her mom’s drunk car accident, Megan realizes she has one month to get her teenage parents to stop partying and learn enough about her family’s secret to get back home.Too bad the much cuter teenage version of her history teacher is such a distraction. With time running out and her future at stake, Megan must learn that, when it comes to family, you can’t always get what you want but you might just get what you need."A fast-paced novel about love and family and the 1980s that manages to be both totally tubular and amazingly poignant. Crawford is one to watch.” - Carrie Jones, NYT Bestselling Author of Need

368 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 20, 2023

About the author

Sara Crawford is an author, a playwright, and a musician. Ever since she was five years old, she has lived for art in one form or another. This manifested itself as writing plays at age eight and convincing (forcing) the neighborhood kids to perform them on her driveway, auditioning for Atlanta Ballet's The Nutcracker three years in a row before finally landing a small role as a toy soldier, starting an all-girl band in high school, writing and producing her own plays and short films, and most recently, writing a YA trilogy about a girl who falls in love with her Muse (THE MUSE CHRONICLES). Sara has been an actress, a singer, a playwright, a songwriter, a guitarist, a keyboard player, a poet, a screenwriter, and an author of both fiction and non-fiction.

She graduated in 2008 from Kennesaw State University with a B.A. in English and in 2012 from the University of New Orleans with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (emphasis in Playwriting). She has taught creative writing courses for Southern New Hampshire University, and she has been in numerous bands in Atlanta, including Pocket the Moon. She also loves to talk about books, music, and writing on her YouTube channel. For more information visit http://saracrawford.net or https://www.youtube.com/user/saracraw....

Reviews

[Angela Carrillo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m usually a sucker for the whole time travel trope. But this was basic and boring sorry. A lot of 80’s references which i appreciated but the characters for me didn’t really mean a lot and the whole romance was lame and unnecessary.

[maria arcara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting story

I enjoyed the story, especially the time travel elements - I thought it was a fun take on time travel. I appreciated the positive messages and Megan's consistent intentions of helping people. I definitely think this ebook would benefit from a good proofreader, though.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was alright. I felt as though too much of it was spent referencing different songs and 80s themes. I didn't really connect with the characters and they were often a bit melodramatic and unrealistic. It would've been nice to hear more of the parents' stories as they grew up. I also didn't really love the time-traveling concept or the magical theme in general. I feel that this could've been a great drama with some tweaks.