Time Will Tell

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Summary: The Love and Support of a Friend!
Review: Did you ever have friends that you couldn't imagine going through life without? I know that I do and author Trevy A. Mcdonald's "Time Will Tell" was definitely a book that I could relate to. Thomasine Mintor, Rachel Curtis, and Hope Jones are lifelong friends who met at Front Street African Christian Church where Thomasine's father was the minister. The friendship of these three women is further strengthened when they go in three different directions to attend college. Thomasine or Sina as she is also called, decides to go to a predominately White college in Wisconsin, where she can count the number of Black students on both hands. She is on a full scholarship and does not realize the numerous obstacles and tragedies that she will face while in school. Rachel opts to stay closer to home and attends a local college called Duncan. During her time at school she will experience a major loss and will find out that acting on impulse is not always in your best interest.

Hope Jones, the rich girl of the group goes on to attend her mother's alma mater in Savannah, Georgia. She is not happy about this because it takes her away from her high school sweetheart Jason McCoy, who will stay in Chicago and attend Duncan with Rachel. Hope has had her wedding to Jason planned since high school, and she is determined that nothing will change her plans. Also Hope is constantly battling her weight. Whenever she is lonely or depressed; food is her friend.

Sina, Hope, and Rachel all grow and become successful women, but they are only able to do that with each other's love and support, no matter what. I enjoyed this book and give it a 4 on the RAW scale.

Reviewed by Simone A. Hawks

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Summary: Friends Despite Everything
Review: Did you ever have friends that you couldn't imagine going through life without? I know that I do and author Trevy A. Mcdonald's "Time Will Tell" was definitely a book that I could relate to.

Thomasine Mintor, Rachel Curtis, and Hope Jones are lifelong friends who met at Front Street African Christian Church where Thomasine's father was the minister. The friendship of these three women is further strengthened when they go in three different directions to attend college.

Thomasine or Sina as she is also called, decides to go to a predominately White college in Wisconsin, where she can count the number of Black students on both hands. She is on a full scholarship and does not realize the numerous obstacles and tragedies that she will face while in school.

Rachel opts to stay closer to home and attends a local college called Duncan. During her time at school she will experience a major loss and she will find out that acting on impulse is not always in your best interest.

Hope Jones, the rich girl of the group goes on to attend her mother's alma mater in Savannah, Georgia. She is not happy about this because it takes her away from her high school sweetheart Jason McCoy, who will stay in Chicago and attend Duncan with Rachel. Hope has had her wedding to Jason planned since high school, and she is determined that nothing will change her plans. Also Hope is constantly battling her weight. Whenever she is lonely or depressed; food is her friend.

Sina, Hope, and Rachel all grow and become successful women, but they are only able to do that with each others love and support, no matter what. I enjoyed this book and give it a 4 on the RAW scale.

Reviewed by Simone

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Summary: Time Tells All and Heals Wounds--Time Allows for Growth
Review: Time Will Tell is one of the most enjoyable fictional books I've read in awhile. It held my interest and stirred up eager feelings to "keep reading." It is one of those books you can't stop reading. The author allows you to feel like you personally know the characters and anxiously wait to see how time will tell their future. Time did tell how they handled the ups and downs of teenage growing pains and as they moved on to college life. Then they blossomed into young career women with realities that plague some of us everyday. The characters were so believable that I felt like I could understand and relate to their feelings and situations. That is one of the reasons that continued to lure me in as I read. I liked all the characters, but most of all I liked Rachel. In my personal life, I could really relate to some of the issues Rachel was faced with. Rachel may have made an impulsive decision to marry a man she had only known a short period of time, but I know that because of her foundational strength, she will overcome her circumstances. Since she acted so impulsively, she will have to live with some of the consequences to her behavior--its called being and adult, growing up, and taking responsibility for your actions. It shows that there are consequences to everything we do in life, whether good or bad.

The character Hope will have to quit living in the movie script she has written for her life. Even during her growing years she never learned to live for Hope, but rather lived to marry her high school sweetheart. She centered her entire life around marrying this man, only to try to mold him into what she wanted him to be. When despair hits her scripted life-she is devastated. Speaking from the perspective of a young woman, I know many friends and acquaintances who feel the only way their life is worth anything is to have a man it it. What about getting to know yourself?

The character Thomasine goes through some life changing events while in college. As she dates and has relationships with the opposite sex, she never really looks at her errors in choosing companionship. She handles it by emerging herself into academics and obtaining a PhD by the age of thirty. She needs a balance between a social life and work (and she tries). But out of all the characters, I feel that she is more focused and has a sense of direction with her life. It won't take her long to discover the happiness that can come from being blessed with a suitable companion. Time Will Tell the future of all...so I can't wait for the sequel to see how Time Will Tell the future of my three favorite characters.