Time Will Tell

by Elizabeth Waite

Time Will Tell opens towards the end of the Second World War during an air-raid. Joan gives birth to a son just as a bomb hits the hospital. The electricity is cut, and panic and pandemonium ensue, but this is nothing compared to the anguish Joan will suffer in the following years. For in the aftermath of confusion, her baby son is mis-tagged with another baby boy, a fact that only comes to light twenty years later...

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First published November 16, 2000

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an impulse buy. I own two other books by this author and they are books which I thoroughly enjoy when I want an easy read, a sort of ‘comfort read’. Nothing too taxing. This author’s style reminds me a little of Catherine Cookson as the books I read are centred around a female lead and it is all family drama type stories, but while the majority of Catherine Cookson’s books are set in the 1800’s Elizabeth Waite’s books are set in the early/mid 1900’s normally around the time of the second world war into the 50’s and are set in London. I was surprised to see there were Kindle versions available for this author as I’d never seen her books in any bookstores and the battered old copies that I had were picked up from a rummage sale. Anyway, this book is a Kindle version it was only a quid so I bought it, as after reading the blurb the story did peak my attention and intrigue me.

This story revolves around our female lead, Joan who is very young only 18 years old when the story begins in 1944. She has a boyfriend a soldier – Matt, who she met at a dance. She gets pregnant and he marries her and she gives birth in the middle of an air raid and in the confusion of a bomb hitting the hospital her newborn baby and the baby of another woman gets mixed up and the women end up going home and raise each other’s child. This part of the story doesn’t become apparent until about half way through until that point it is family life in London in the 40s and 50s.

It was a nice enough story, with enough angst when the mistake comes to light and the repercussions of that and how it was all resolved and how both families made the best of things was quite heart-warming. It was a quick simple read and very enjoyable.

[Ann Hill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Joan falls in love with Matt during the second world war. When Joan finds out she is pregnant they do have to get married earlier than originally intended. Joan gives birth to James during a bombing raid in London. The marriage is turbulent at times but they go on to have two more children, both girls. As the family grows up, when James is at university, some very shocking news much upsets family life.

[Lynn Hutchinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed this easy read. Great characters and enough plot to keep you interested.

[michelle reilly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great storyline

I couldn't put this book down from beginning to end. Or of the best books I've read in a long time.