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Summary: Eerie & Captivating
Review: I first read this book twenty years ago, and am happy to see that it's still available. I've read many novels before and since, most of which I no longer remember, but I've never forgotten this one. All the characters, even the secondary ones, are realistic, the historical details appear to have been well-researched, and I especially enjoyed the 'woman' ones of everyday domestic life. The plot is imaginative, and not written to a typical formula type. But it's much more than anything I can define, it has a haunting quality that lingers in the mind. It's an unusual book.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: I read this book many years ago and fell in love with the whole family. The story is wonderful. Can you imagine going thru this with your own grandmother? The time travel comes at just the right moments too. There are secrets too, wonderful way to find out about your family history...just live it! Alas, I too, gave my copy to a friend and never got it back. I so wanted my 14 year old daughter to read this. She will love it! I'm glad I found it here! Don't you think this would make a GREAT film?
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Summary: Held my attention from page 1
Review: This is a very unique and interesting time-travel yarn. It is also a family saga covering a period of more than 70 years and with a cast of finely crafted characters. The Colorado setting is clearly landscaped throughout the story.The time-travel mechanism is a magic mirror that transports young Shay back 70 years into the body of her grandmother, Brandy. We later find that Brandy has also entered the body of Shay. My interest was stirred by the contrasts of the different time periods, being accented by the obstacles encountered by both Brandy and Shay as they adjust to their drastically changed lives. I felt this book to be a metaphor for everyone's life and that it delivered a message that people have and will always hope, dream, love, adjust, accept. I, quite simply, recommend this book to anyone who considers himself a reader.
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Summary: Makes the stories your grandmother told you more wonderful!
Review: I read this book back in 1979 and have saved it and cherished it since then. It does give you a very warm feeling inside and remembering all the stories my grandmother told me makes it all the more wonderful. Can you imagine switching places with your grandmother today? I would think it would be fasinating and just the other day my own daughter asked me if I had that book thought she couldnt remember the title but she could remember the story. I said yes, but you cant have it yet. One day she can have it but not yet. Its far too cherished to give to anyone. I lent it out once and that person left in the rain and ruined the paper cover but not the book itself. I want all my girls to read this book. Its too will be something they will never forget.
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Summary: A Haunting Book You'll Never Forget!
Review: I first checked this book out at the library when I was a young teenager (1979)...and decided then that it was my favorite book.Well, I'm 35 now, have the original copy, plus a new copy with Marilys' autograph, and have since named my daughter, Shay.(the grand-daughter's name) This book will leave you with a feeling that you are right there with Shay and Brandy struggling to adjust to their new lives, and finding out that they are alot tougher than what they thought! Thank you, Marlys!
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: This is on of the best books I've read, the comparisons of the two different time periods are extrodinary. It puts in perspective how different the times are, and how much a shock it would be to live in the different times. The author describes things how the people in the story would have seen them. This is an excellent book, and I would recomend it to anyone!
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Summary: The Mirror
Review: I purchased this paperback book in 1978 and I have read it three times and will read it again before long. this was a excellent book, did not want it to end.
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Summary: The Mirror has had an impact on my life!
Review: I've listened intently to my grandmother tell me countless stories of her life. They've been some of my fondest moments. Seventeen years ago, as I was visiting a relative for the summer, she recommended I read The Mirror. From the beginning of Shay and Brandy's switch, until the very last page, I was transported into their world. I felt as if I had become them. These two women showed courage and strength that would be unexpected. (I even had planned on naming my daughter Brandy Shay) This book will forever keep my grandmother's stories alive for me, as just like with the book, I have envisioned myself going through the many difficult adjustments in her life. Reading The Mirror gave me a way to relate in a more inventive way. Maryls Millhiser is a very gifted author and The Mirror is one of her masterpieces that proves it.
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Summary: A good, thought-provoking read
Review: I love any book that involves going back in time, and I enjoyed this one. It kind of drags in the middle, but stay with it. It is a very enjoyable book.
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Summary: Not really a mystery, but more of a historical fiction.
Review: My father bought this book for me thinking it was a good mystery thriller for me, since he knows I love to read the supernatural, mysteries,etc. As I started to read, it didn't really seem to be a mystery, more of a historical fiction. Thora K. Corbin and the McCabes all were all pioneer families. Shay was transported to their life and times through the mirror as her own grandmother. So things go back to pioneer life there. The book is more about Shay learning to get on in Brandy's body and learning about how to do things. I really didn't consider it a thrilling, suspenseful, or horror or mystery story. If you love ghosts/mysteries/supernatural/horror, like me, then this book is not for you. I would reccommend it to people who like to read books about the pioneer time, or who enjoy history.
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