Wonderful story. Although that Dr. Connelly needs a swift kick in the derriere. If Ms. Jackson goes on any more trips I will definitely be ready to read about them!

*read and reviewed for Shaunie's 2017 SF Challenge. ( )

Wonderful story. Although that Dr. Connelly needs a swift kick in the derriere. If Ms. Jackson goes on any more trips I will definitely be ready to read about them!

*read and reviewed for Shaunie's 2017 SF Challenge. ( )

Louise is a bit more than a century old, and still fit, healthy, and up for a potential adventure. This makes her golden to the new time travel industry; they can't send you back in time before you were born.

Unfortunately, she's more independent-minded than they'd altogether like.

They send her back in time to observe the very first flight of the Wright brothers, and on her walk from her arrival spot to the flight location, she meets a twelve-year-old boy with a very lively mind. Their conversation is interrupted by a technical failure of the time travel device, and this creates complications. The scientists and executives running the project are not in favor of Louise's proposed policy of honesty. At the same time, they can't pursue their preferred policy of replacing her with someone else, because centenarians are not thick on the ground. She's what they've got to work with, and they can't afford lose out on what they're being paid for the footage of that flight.

And I can't say any more, because anything interesting would be a spoiler. It's a sweet story, with some gentle humor.

Recommended. I bought this book. ( )

Sentimental, but effective. An elderly woman travels back in time to document the first flight of the Wright Brothers. (The premise here is that one can't actually travel further back than the time of your birth; so a centenarian is much in demand...) This particular old lady isn't quite who these researchers might have picked, had they had their druthers. She's got a mind of her own, and her own way of doing things. Will her honesty really be the best policy?
A sweet tale, not without humor - and I have to admit I teared up a little bit at the end. ( )

Oh, I just love a time travel story. And who wouldn't want to watch the Wright Brothers fly? Cool! ( )