The Mirror
- Eloi Honorable Mention
- by Marlys Millhiser
- Novel
- Fantasy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1978).
In 1978, a 20-year-old Boulder woman exchanges places with her grandmother in 1900 on the eve of their respective weddings.
—Michael Main
He thought she wouldn’t answer but finally she said, “What if I can’t go back? What if I have to live out Brandy’s life? She lives an awfully long time, Corbin.”
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1900 to 1929: Shay in Brandy’s body 1900 to 1924
- Circa AD 1930 to 1939: Young Rachel
- Circa AD 1940 to 1949: Rachel as a young bride
- Circa AD 1950 to 1959: Rachel gives birth to Shay
- Circa AD 1970 to 1999: Brandy in Shay’s body
- Time Travel Methods
- Magic Time Travel: “But the wedding mirror wouldn’t work its magic that night . . . nor the next . . . nor the next.”
- Themes
- Ancestor Travel and Ancestral Memories: Shay into Brandy’s body
- Descendant Travel: Brandy into Shay’s body
- Mind Travel
- Precognition, Premonition, or Prediction: Brandy and Cindy
Variants
(2)
- The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1978).
- audio reading.
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser (Books in Motion, 1999).
Translations
(2)
- Turkish.
Yansımanın Oyunu by Marlys Millhiser (Mitra Yayinlari, May 2012). - Turkish: alternative Turkish title.
Düğün Aynası by Marlys Millhiser (Mitra Yayinlari, October 2012).