THE MIRROR

by Marlys Millhiser ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 24, 1978

A three-generational dynastic novel with a peculiar twist: the minds of grandma Brandy and granddaughter Shay have been transposed by a magic mirror. (The mirror specializes in driving folks to suicide, but in this case has made an exception.) Brandy, a virginal young pioneer miss, wakes up in the (by her standards) naked body of swinging Shay in 1978. She is, moreover, not only engaged but pregnant, and very drawn to her fiancee Marek--who realizes that she has suddenly become rather odd. Conversely and meanwhile, her hip descendent Shay wakes up in the middle of a forced marriage in a Colorado mining town, and carries on from there, valiantly investigating 19th-century sexual mores and incessantly predicting the future. Brandy's daughter Rachael, caught between these two freaks, has a worse time than anyone. A not-too-successful but somewhat intriguing blend of the Gothic and Time-Machine fantasy.

Pub Date: Jan. 24, 1978

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1978

Categories: FICTION