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  • By: Caroline Leech
  • Narrator: Eilidh Beaton
  • Length: 10 hours 52 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish date: September 25, 2018
  • Language: English
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“A glowing story of friendship, growth, and a steadfast first love, as teenage Maisie negotiates the forests of the heart and of World War II Scotland with equal determination.” –Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity

A romantic historical YA novel featuring strong female characters from the acclaimed author of Wait for Me.

It’s 1942, and as the war rages in Europe, Maisie McCall is in the Scottish Highlands swinging an axe for the Women’s Timber Corps. Maisie relishes her newfound independence working alongside other lumberjacks–including the mysterious John Lindsay.

As Maisie and John work side by side felling trees together, Maisie can’t help but feel that their friendship has the spark of something more to it. And yet every time she gets close to him, John pulls away. It’s not until Maisie rescues John from a terrible logging accident that he begins to open up to her about the truth of his past, and the pain he’s been hiding.

Suddenly, everything is more complicated than Maisie expected. And as she helps John untangle his shattered history, she must decide if she’s willing to risk her heart to help heal his. But in a world devastated by war, love might be the only thing left that can begin to heal what’s broken.

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In Another Time Audiobook Narrator

Eilidh Beaton is the narrator of In Another Time audiobook that was written by Caroline Leech

Caroline Leach is a Scottish writer who moved to Texas for an adventure ten years ago. She lives in Houston with her husband and three teenage children. Wait for Me was her debut novel, followed by In Another Time. She can be found online at www.carolineleech.com.

About the Author(s) of In Another Time

Caroline Leech is the author of In Another Time

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Narrator Eilidh Beaton
Length 10 hours 52 minutes
Author Caroline Leech
Publisher HarperCollins
Release date September 25, 2018
ISBN 9780062893628

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The publisher of the In Another Time is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780062893628.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Annabel

September 29, 2018

This book was so good! I don't read a lot of books set in a war. But this book was so good! I'm a little sad I finished this book. I loved meeting all the lumberjills and they were some bad ass women!

Penny

May 24, 2018

Leech has penned another coming-of-age novel set in Scotland during WWII, and Maisie McCall is as delightful and spunky a heroine as Lorna Anderson in Leech’s debut novel, Wait for Me. Maisy makes a bid for independence and a chance to pitch in for the war effort by enlisting in the Women’s Timber Service at the age of seventeen. The rigor and challenges of the brutal physical labor suits Maisy, as does the opportunity to form new friendships with the other Lumberjills and perhaps a romance with a handsome Canadian Lumberjack.As with her first novel, Leech’s rich sensory details will transport her readers to the evergreen forests of the Scottish Highlands and to the charming nostalgia of the British homefront during WWII. The Lumberjills worked under less-than-ideal circumstances. Their housing was spartan and under-heated, and the women worked in locales isolated from larger communities that might have offered them social diversions in their off-hours. They were dedicated, hard workers, and their contributions to the war effort have gone unsung for too long. The strong camaraderie among the Lumberjills shines in Leech’s capable hands. Maisie’s romance with the dashing John Lindsay will captivate and charm readers of all ages. John, holding secrets and crushing guilt close, presents a challenge to Maisie’s patience and her growing bonds with him. Maisie stays true to her hard-won self-assurance and convictions, despite the challenges this course presents to her budding relationship with John. With each revelation of another layer of his war-time experiences and the effects on his mental and physical well-being, John grows into the man worthy of Maisie’s love.

Amy

October 09, 2018

I enjoyed this book! I probably wouldn't have bought this on my own so I'm grateful I step out of my comfort zone with book subscription boxes! This was in The Once Upon A Book Club YA selection and has 4 gifts you unwrap as you read the story. Makes the reading experience extra fun!

Madison

February 21, 2021

After reading Caroline Leech’s WWII book Wait For Me I knew I had to read In Another Time and it didn’t disappoint. I’m always inspired by the stories of the many women during WWII who contributed t the war effort. The Women’s Timber Corpse was a group I wasn’t to familiar with, so getting a leak into this fictional story inspired by real women was enjoyable. The story was a little slow to begin with, but once I got hooked I couldn’t put it down. There were so many great takeaways about strength and tenacity, empowerment to help your country and also the struggles of overcoming injury and loss during the war.

Rachel

August 30, 2018

"Love is worth the fight."That line from this book's blurb adequately summarizes Maisie and John's story, and I absolutely adore both of them and this whole book. In Another Time has everything Wait for Me had - sweet, first romance, well-researched historical foundations, creative authorial fill-ins - but what puts this one ahead of its predecessor is its balance. In Another Time wasn't just about Maisie and John's fight to be together, it was also about Maisie and her lumberjill friends, and Maisie standing up for herself and what she wants. It's a well-rounded, coming-of-age, and I certainly loved reading every bit of Maisie's journey. I couldn't put this book down because I just need to know what happens next for her.I enjoyed reading both books, Wait for Me and In Another Time, but I just enjoyed reading the latter more. I definitely, definitely recommend it to anyone who love historical romance. This review is also posted on my blog In Between Book Pages as part of a mini-review with Caroline Leech's first book Wait for Me. Digital galley of this book was provided to me by the publisher via Edelweiss for an honest review.

Melissa

October 05, 2018

Loved this book! Great historical detail and the strong, smart protagonist makes this a great read for everyone over the age of 12. Can’t wait for Caroline Leech’s next book!

A.M.

July 01, 2018

Caroline's first book is still on my TBR list and if it's anything like this one I will be getting to it soon. I loved this story of lumberjills and yes, there were some lumberjacks too, but it was really about these powerful women who really stepped up and proved they could do anything men could. And in that day-and-age that was something. Maisie and Dot's friendship was so real and really highlighted how woman take care of each other. Leech really has a way of transporting the reader into this lush land of towering trees with her beautiful, well constructed prose. Historical fiction isn't usually my go-to, but this book is simply gorgeous. I think there are so many events in the past have been overlooked, and Leech made sure to highlight the special woman who weren't afraid to pick up axes and get their hands dirty. If you are looking for a book that highlights strong female characters, you won't want to miss this story.

Samantha

November 25, 2018

A fascinating story about female lumberjacks (lumberjills) during WWII.

Teenreadsdotcom

October 09, 2018

New from Caroline Leech, author of the Scottish young adult historical fiction novel WAIT FOR ME, comes a new historical romance set in WWII-era Scotland. Fans of CODE NAME VERITY, SALT TO THE SEA, FRONT LINES and MARE’S WAR will fall in love with this new novel about female empowerment, a surprising romance and finding yourself in the most unlikely of circumstances.Maisie McCall, desperately seeking to escape the suffocation of her father’s control, runs away from home to join an organization --- any organization --- that would allow her to provide aid to the soldiers of the Allied Army fighting bravely in World War II. However, as an inexperienced girl of 17, Maisie is placed in the Women’s Timber Corp, a group that trains women to be lumberjills in the forests of Scotland. Yes, lumberjills. Scottish women of all ages and backgrounds trained to cut down trees and provide lumber for the country whose ports have been blockaded by enemy armies.Maisie is placed into a training camp where she learns the proper way to cut down a tree, acquires blisters that would make most women faint in disgust and enjoys her newfound freedom. Soon Maisie and her closest friend Dot are transferred to a real camp where they work as full-fledged lumberjills and develop deep bonds with their fellow lumberjills…and the Canadian lumberjacks working in the same camp. One particular tree chopper, a poet with a mysterious background named John Lindsay, catches Maisie’s eye one night at a dance. Sparks quickly fly between the two timber workers as they dance clumsily together, but just as quickly, John pulls away, putting perplexing distance between him and Maisie. To Maisie, it seems that every time she and John begin to get closer, he pulls away. That is until John opens up about the secret he had been keeping and the two must learn to work through the pain of war to keep their developing love alive.This book is the perfect blend of the best parts of different young adult genres: a contemporary book without so much of the fluff, a romance that sets up the couple as equal partners, a historical fiction without the tedious accounts of historical events. Leech creates a vivid story that simultaneously highlights a part of history that was almost forgotten and speaks to present day social themes of mental health, feminism and independence. Maisie is a powerful character who truly demonstrates female empowerment as she takes initiative to gain her own independence and prove herself to be equally as capable and deserving as the men in her same field of work. John’s struggle with the secrets of his past opens up a powerful discussion from the author on PTSD and the long-lasting effects of war, as well as how it affects the family and friends of the veterans.In the author’s note, Caroline Leech describes her style of writing historical fiction saying, “My stories are not so much what did happen but what could have happened in a particular time and place.” This is what makes this story so powerful and realistic. As many times as I learned about World War II in school, I never learned about the Women’s Timber Corps or other organizations that employed women in the war effort. But it really happened, and readers of this novel become educated to the powerful role that many women played in World War II.A refreshing novel set in the Scottish Highlands, IN ANOTHER TIME will appease both lovers of history and contemporary as it tells the intriguing and empowering tale of a lost part of history.Reviewed by Ellie T., Teen Board Member

Teenage

August 21, 2018

Plot:Margaret “Masie” McCall, age seventeen, is helping out with war efforts as much as she can. Leaving school, and her home, Masie joins the Women Timber Corps lumberjill, as she and other women cut down trees that will be sent to the Allies to help in their mission. With the Germans blocking off the timber route so that Brittan had to get their lumber from Masie and her girls in Scotland. Where all the other women were in their twenties and thirties, Masie became friends with the other second youngest girl there: Dot. During their final weeks of training in August of 1942, the girls went to the dance the local town was having. That is where they met the Americans, who turned out to be the Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit. After an awful dance with her partner, John Lindsey, Masie put that out of her mind, as she and Dot were both assign to work in Auchterblair, Speyside, to work at their lumberjill unit. Fate seems to be in Masie’s cards, as her unit began working with the Newfoundlanders, putting Masie next to John every day. The two form a friendship over poetry, as John Lindsey was named after his mother’s brother, John McCrae who wrote the poem: In Flanders Fields. Every time Masie gets to figuring John out, he pulls away and hide his feelings. After all, in her home, her father yelling and her mother standing in her place behind him, how would Masie even know what love is? Yet, knowing there is something there in John’s heart, that makes her want to stay, and fight for whatever they have. Thought: Caroline Leech wrote this romance story center around the time of World War Two, but it was not directly about the war. Taking place in the woods of Scotland, Leech tells the story of a lumberjill that falls in love with a lumberjack. Leech keeps her story periodically accurate, yet nothing besides, why Masie and John met, connect this story to the actual war currently going on. The story title, In Another Time, was said in the story as maybe in another time they could have fallen in love, but not this one, as John constantly pushes Masie away, for what he has done in the past. As Masie works out her relationship with John, a side plot to the story was Masie and her family. Her father, cold hearted, yelled at Masie for leaving school during her final year to help out with the war efforts, and forced Masie to walk to the train station alone that day. An interesting side story line Leech added in there, as Masie deals with her family’s rejection at the same time John kept rejecting her. With a happy ending, and a few surprising twists, Leech ends us with an epilog after the war (1950) in which all the favorite characters get what they deserve.

Sky

March 22, 2021

“In Another Time” by Caroline Leech is a historical fiction and romance. The book cover features the author's depiction of our main character Masie that is in her LumberJill uniform. The book follows a 17 year old girl named Masie. She finds her family falling into silence, creating a very unhealthy household that was influenced by the war (WWll). So she makes a choice, she heads off on her own. With little supportive words from her family she becomes a lumberjill and the book follows her journey through this. She makes friends, and finds herself falling for a boy that is very mysterious and she is both trying to figure out her life and what might be going on with his. The romance and the historical fiction I would say are beautifully braided together throughout the book as it follows Masie’s journey.But aside for this, I never really liked or hated the book, I just found myself simply enjoying it. I felt this way because the book wasn't too intense or too bland; it was a really calm book to me. This is because the book follows the development of our main character becoming independent far away from home and it gave off a very calm and subtle feeling to me throughout the whole book. It didn't really ever feel intense in any way, it gave off a more wholesome feeling. I feel that the book keeps you reading because of the confusion you gain from the story to simply figure it out. This makes the book addictive. I do credit the book though for not being too unrealistic with the romance of the characters in the book, it's not too intense to the point that you feel like you're going to throw up reading the book, but in fact it shows real character in the relationship that we find Masie in, feels very innocent and kind to the reader. I think that the personalities seem bland in the characters but it is made up by their actions and innocence. I don’t believe I would read any other books from this author, but this is mostly because I want to find an author that appeals better to me, more descriptive and passionate in their words. The characters themselves seemed less unique and had more of a professional fan fiction like format. Regardless of my opinion, I always really think reading is worth my time unless it takes a dark unbearable turn. Which this book thankfully, failed to do. The theme itself seemed basic though it was still kind of new to me. Like the standard growing into a strong person like book. I feel that it’s basic theme could have been made up with detail and “shading” rather than the “out lines” of the book itself. (Drawing reference) Aside from this it’s a sweet and innocent story and I would recommend it to people that would fit into the young adult range/kind romance addicted readers.

Jenn

September 07, 2018

This novel was so beautiful!I really enjoyed the setting. I am always up for a good novel set in Scotland has my attention. I also found the time period and the characters to be so interesting! I had never heard of Lumberjills before!I am usually hesitant to read novels about teen love during war time. I am a big softy and it usually drives me into a sad funk about the horrors of humanity and the terrors of war. This novel had a little bit about PTSD but it was done in a very real and tasteful way.I loved Maisie! She was so brave and willing to learn. She didn't shy away from hard work and she was a great team player. She was willing to defy her family to help with the war effort, she wanted to make something of herself and didn't let herself be bullied into anything. She went after what she wanted.There was a little bit of inter-female fighting but it was pretty minimal and I loved that. The situation it was presented in could have gone too far very quickly, but thankfully it didn't. Of course there is going to be drama when you have all these women living and working together, but it was done well.I also loved John. especially when I first met him. He was kind and thoughtful, if a bit shy. Learning his secrets was basically the whole plot of this novel, so he needed to have enough character to support us diving deeper into who he was.I did have a few issues, which is why this isn't a 5 star for me. Up until halfway I was sure I was going to give this flying colors.One of my problems came from the fact that this novel took to long to get to the point. The incident they mention in the teaser, where Maisie saves John from an accident? That didn't happen until over 200 pages into this book! I was happy with the budding relationship between the two, but then it got stuck and drug on forever... So that knocked it down a bit for me.The other thing, was that this is an entirely character driven novel. As in, the rising and falling action relies completely on our protagonist figuring out her relations hip with John. It got very frustrating right at the end, when it was clear this had little to do with the war and all to do with if they would be together or not.In total, I would suggest this though, I give it 4 stars. The relationship was very sweet. The author did a lot of research and her love for the Lumberjills of WWII was clearly on display. There is also some details about the Evacuation of Dunkirk that will break your heart. So good!

Spottydog714

April 18, 2019

**SPOILERS BELOW**Now, I've never denied I like a good romance. Good being the oprerative word. Most romances are not - the woman's weak and feeble-minded, the man's abusive; the plots are contrived. In Another Time was none of these things.Set in WW2, following a group of 'Lumberjills' - girls who volunteered to do the timber work while the men were off at war - this novel is atmospheric, beautiful, and heartbreaking. Maisie, the main character, is lively, intelligent, and strong-willed, though not a Mary Sue - she is flawed, but in a believable way, and that's what I liked so much about her.John, the love interest, is Tall, Dark, Handsome, brooding - but while this is a cliché of sorts, there's a reaosn for this. He's a lumberjack working with some other boys nearby, but the reason he isn't off fighting is because he was. He was there, at D-Day, but got injured - his leg was blown off. While this twist I didn't predict, it wasn't entirely surprising. Hats off to you, Leech - you gave me a twist that made narrative sense without being predicatable or cheesy. John, as it transpires, has PTSD, both from losing his leg, but also his (mistaken) belief that his friends died trying to save him. This makes sense - of course he has a dark past, but if the author can write this trope without is being irritating during a world war, it makes sense. And that was what was brilliant.As the plot builds, it's his brokenness that drives the main romantic conflict, and though Maisie wants to be with him and wants him to be happy, as he opens up to her, she realises something very important. She can't fix him. So she doesn't try. She cuts her losses and attempts to move on, hoping John'll come back, but knowing that in some ways it'll be better if he doesn't. How awesome is that? We never see that - the girl always tries to fix the guy, but we all know that that's never a healthy message to send to impressionable young teenage girls, which is who these YA Romances are aimed at.Of course, there is a happy ending. John comes back, and he and Maisie end up together, but only after he's addressed his own issues. He got the help he needed and fixed himself, and then they could be together.Woo!Honarable mentions: Dot and Nancy, the middle section with all the action (SO well written), historical accuracy, shedding light on a previously forgotten part of the war effort. Also, disability representation done properly.Only thing I didn't like was Maisie's family background - yeah I know we kept getting told how abusive her father was, but I didn't think that translated very well into the novel.Otherwise, a solid 5 stars.

Francesca

September 26, 2018

This book was such a quick and easy read! It was literally un-put-down-able!! I love strong women characters who find themselves throughout a story and don’t take crap from anyone. The main character, Maise, is a seventeen year old girl who volunteers to be a lumberjill during WWII. She works to discover herself during her adventures in the forest of Scotland. Making friends that will last her a lifetime and discovering the ups and downs of first love. Loved reading a YA historical fiction! Historical fictions are one of my favorite genres because it always me to learn things in a way that doesn’t feel like learning. This book brought to light an aspect of history that I wasn’t very familiar with. I knew if women (mostly in America because that is where I’m from) helping out during the war efforts while the men were away fighting the war. But specifically the lumberjill part of history I didn’t know, and I loved it!! These women were so strong, empowering, quite literally women ahead of their time! The author does a great job of making me feel like all the characters and stories were real! I know they are based on real people and events, but the day to day aspect and feelings felt extremely real! I wanted Maise and her Lumberjill friends to be my friend! It made me feel like maybe I could be a lumberjill if I wanted it bad enough and really tried like those women clearly did!Beautiful story, highly recommend!!

Jane

October 01, 2018

'In Another Time' is aptly named. Its strength is that it captures the culture, prejudice and ethos of WW2 Britain and even though I would like more details on the day to day lives of the lumberjills; you get a sense of who these pioneering women were and what sacrifices they made for the war effort.Maisie independent spirit makes her a perfect candidate for the Womens'Timber Corp (WTC). The clash of personalities makes the story authentic, and the complexity of the main characters makes it easy to empathise or not with them. John is a troubled character, but despite her naivety, Maisie begins to understand his emotional trauma, but a girl can only be pushed away so many times. Their romance is sweet but hampered by their circumstances, tragedy and the jealousy of others.The ending is heartwarming and what Maisie and John deserve.A lovely story for young readers that will appeal to anyone who likes a little romance and is interested in the unsung heroines of WW2. I received a copy of this book from Harper Collins - Children's Books via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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