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The Time Travel Trailer

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A 1937 vintage camper trailer half hidden in weeds catches Lynne McBriar’s eye when she is visiting an elderly friend Ben. Ben eagerly sells it to her and she just as eagerly embarks on a restoration. But after each remodel, sleeping in the trailer lands Lynne and her daughter Dinah in a previous decade—exciting, yet frightening. Glimpses of their home town and ancestors fifty or sixty years earlier is exciting and also offers some clues to the mystery of Ben’s lost love. But when Dinah makes a trip on her own, separating herself from her mother by decades, Lynne has never known such fear. It is a trip that may upset the future if Lynne and her estranged husband can't team up to bring their daughter back. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 12, 2014)


Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 12, 2014


Language ‏ : ‎ English


File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB


Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited


Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled


Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported


Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled


X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled


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  • Engaging, mind-tickling trip with well-drawn characters, tight plotting, & alluring possibilities make for a fun armchair vacay!
When Lynne McBrier acquires a vintage camping trailer, she can’t imagine that her camping trips will be journeys not just to new places, but to former times. Struggling to raise rebellious teen-aged daughter Dinah after separating from her husband Kurt, Lynne buys the 1937 camper on impulse from her old friend Ben, who used it to take trips with his now deceased wife, Minnie. Dinah, who like most adolescent girls considers anything her mother wants her to do as boring, agrees reluctantly to go on one sentimental weekend camping trip before Lynne converts the trailer into an office. It’s pretty cozy as Lynne and Dinah settle into a local campground and tuck in for the night. But when they wake up, things around them have changed—there are no big trees, no paved roads, and the large cement bathhouse is gone, in its place, two wooden outhouses. They are forced to realize that, impossible as it seems, the trailer has transported them back in time; people talk to them about their fear of Russian spies, and everyone is dressed in outmoded costumes. Certain clues to the transformation allow them to reverse the process and return to 2014. They agree not to talk about their misadventure. But Lynne secretly takes a time trip on her own and Dinah wants visit the past once more, having become obsessed with classic books about time travel. Each jump lands them in a different portion of the twentieth century. Lynne tries to get the truth about the trailer from Ben, but he is in hospital, raving incomprehensibly about Minnie. Then Lynne and Kurt are forced together to test the mysteries of time travel when Dinah goes missing, almost certainly carried away by the camper. Author Karen Musser Nortman has cleverly constructed this fantasy with many small but important particulars. Mother and daughter, whose testy relationship is realistically portrayed, visit a vintage store to get mid-century clothes and add an old-fashioned radio and other details to the camper so they’ll seem plausible to people they encounter in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Reminders of historical events—teen hobos in the Great Depression, Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile, the McCarthy hearings—contribute authenticity to the story, while touches like the strong family similarity in appearance and rebellious temperament between Dinah and her then teen-aged ancestor add poignancy. Well-drawn characters, tight plotting and the alluring possibility of returning to, and possibly changing, the past make "The Time Travel Trailer" an engaging, mind-tickling trip and a fun read for an arm-chair vacation. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2016 by Chanticleer Book Reviews

  • Time travel for a weekend armchair
Time travel is great! I love the conundrum of it all. The Time Travel Trailer (TTTT) is a fun look about time travel without all the confusing science. In fact, there is no good explanation about how it works with this trailer. Other than sleep, remodeling, and jewelry we don't know HOW. But then, does anybody know HOW? TTTT is a fast fun novel. Though I must admit that it could probably be told just as well in a short story. There are a few things that needed more exploration: How did Minnie and Ben meet? How did Minnie get back? How could Ben and Minnie sit on the porch swing but nobody noticed he was married? Did Lynne and Kurt get the counseling? How could the trailer be in 2014 AND 1962? There were others, but since I wasn't taking notes I don't remember. That is not to say the writing was bad, it was quite good. For me, the fact that as a movie it would be rated PG14 is another reason that I enjoyed it so much. I get so tired of trying to skip those four letter words in most books. Four stars instead of five because the first 2/3 of the book is basically the introduction. We don't get down to the 'real meat' of the story fast enough. The only character we really get to know is Dinah. The fact that she is 14 and a girl tells enough to get a good start on her behavior and moods. With the voice changing to third person for Dinah, we get to know more about her thinking process which helps us get to know her. However, Mom and Daddy we don't know much about. We know their situation (work and separation) but we don't get to know them. I truly enjoyed TTTT and can't wait for Ms Nortman's sequel. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2018 by Leena in Missouri

  • The Time Travel Trailer
I love time travel books but this one was different and very interesting. I loved how they went to different decades and finally got back to 1937. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2025 by Pat

  • Time flying!
This book is just fun. I enjoyed how the mother and daughter were able to experience history together, including a bit of their own family's past .
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025 by Marty53

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