Timeless (Monir novel)
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Timeless is a 2011
young-adult
romance
novel written by Alexandra Monir. It was originally published in January 2011, by Random House
Children's Publishing. The book circles on Michele Windsor, who accidentally begins to travel through time and meet her ancestors as well as the man of her dreams. It is the first book in the ‘’Timeless’’ series, with the second book ‘’The Timekeeper’’ expected to be published in 2012.
Michele has the typical new kid reaction to her new school and life, and though she is immediately swept up into the higher class snob club because of her last name, she ends up shunning them and hanging out with Cassie and Aaron, the scholarship kids who are much more down to earth. Cassie, who lives next door to the Windsor mansion (in a house that used to be part of the Walker estate), eventually becomes her best friend, and covers for her when Michele starts taking mysterious and sudden trips into the past, thanks to the key from her dream that she finds in her mother’s old possessions.
Being dashed back and forth between centuries, Michele appears to various members of her family who are long dead. They can see her, but no one else can, aside from one—the mysterious man from her dream, who is a Walker and engaged to her great great aunt Violet. She is drawn to him, and he to her. Michele learns his name is Philip Walker and despite their strange circumstances, they fall in love, causing Philip to break off his engagement with Violet and start a family feud between the two households that Michele had previously learned about from her history class.
Michele’s visits to the past, at times prompted by old items from certain years and at times she is merely dragged, continue as she helps members of her family through difficult times and meets Philip for romantic moments. She learns Philip is a talented piano player and composer who would rather go to the New York school that will become Juilliard rather than Harvard Business School and take over the family business. She urges him to follow his heart, and together they write two songs that she pens the lyrics to.
On a trip to Rhode Island, Michele’s school visits the Walker house on a tour, and she learns that at age 30, Philip is believed to have committed suicide due to a note which tells of how he longs for his love but she never comes to him again and he can no longer stand it. Believing this to be her, Michele goes back and breaks things off with Philip, urging him to move on.
Heartbroken, Michele’s visits to the past continue, but toward more recent times. She meets her great grandmother Lily at the age of 16, when she’s trying to break out and become a singer, and helps her sneak out to an audition. Michele later passes along the songs she and Philip wrote to Lily to sing and encourages her to write her own music as well. Michele visits Lily one last time and discovers that she has a package waiting for her from Philip, assuring her that he heard Lily singing their songs and knew she was well. She again urges him to move on, but tells him that she loves him.
She also meets Stella, whose fiancé is away fighting in World War II and is later killed. Seeing Stella move on and deal with the death of her loved one allows Michele to move on from the death of her mother and her loss of Philip as well. Stella organizes a benefit concert for the troops, starring her mother, Lily, and Michele attends. She is astonished to find Philip, alive and well despite her research in the present that says he never made a name for himself, accompanying her on the piano. They meet back stage and share an embrace, though he is older now and has moved on. But he hints that while this avenue is closed to them, it might not be the only one.
Michele does research back at home, looking up Philip under the name of Phoenix, the assumed name he took and wrote his music under. He was a much loved composer by Michele’s mother, and she was in fact named after one of his compositions, Michele, which he wrote for her. Back at school, the class is introduced to a new young student named Philip Walker with the same blue eyes at her love.
2011 in literature
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novel written by Alexandra Monir. It was originally published in January 2011, by Random House
Random House
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Children's Publishing. The book circles on Michele Windsor, who accidentally begins to travel through time and meet her ancestors as well as the man of her dreams. It is the first book in the ‘’Timeless’’ series, with the second book ‘’The Timekeeper’’ expected to be published in 2012.
Plot
Michele Windsor is a normal teenager with two great best friends and a single mom who is like her best friend. For years now, she's been having this dream about looking in the mirror and seeing herself and a handsome young man holding hands, and around her neck is a key on a chain. After her mother dies in a car accident, Michele is sent to live with her previously estranged grandparents, who are Windsors of high society in New York that Michele's mother had distanced herself from when they didn't approve of Henry, the artist she was in love with. The pair ran away together, but Henry disappeared under mysterious circumstances and Michele's mother discovers she is pregnant. Instead of turning to her parents, she vows to raise her child herself, on her own means.Michele has the typical new kid reaction to her new school and life, and though she is immediately swept up into the higher class snob club because of her last name, she ends up shunning them and hanging out with Cassie and Aaron, the scholarship kids who are much more down to earth. Cassie, who lives next door to the Windsor mansion (in a house that used to be part of the Walker estate), eventually becomes her best friend, and covers for her when Michele starts taking mysterious and sudden trips into the past, thanks to the key from her dream that she finds in her mother’s old possessions.
Being dashed back and forth between centuries, Michele appears to various members of her family who are long dead. They can see her, but no one else can, aside from one—the mysterious man from her dream, who is a Walker and engaged to her great great aunt Violet. She is drawn to him, and he to her. Michele learns his name is Philip Walker and despite their strange circumstances, they fall in love, causing Philip to break off his engagement with Violet and start a family feud between the two households that Michele had previously learned about from her history class.
Michele’s visits to the past, at times prompted by old items from certain years and at times she is merely dragged, continue as she helps members of her family through difficult times and meets Philip for romantic moments. She learns Philip is a talented piano player and composer who would rather go to the New York school that will become Juilliard rather than Harvard Business School and take over the family business. She urges him to follow his heart, and together they write two songs that she pens the lyrics to.
On a trip to Rhode Island, Michele’s school visits the Walker house on a tour, and she learns that at age 30, Philip is believed to have committed suicide due to a note which tells of how he longs for his love but she never comes to him again and he can no longer stand it. Believing this to be her, Michele goes back and breaks things off with Philip, urging him to move on.
Heartbroken, Michele’s visits to the past continue, but toward more recent times. She meets her great grandmother Lily at the age of 16, when she’s trying to break out and become a singer, and helps her sneak out to an audition. Michele later passes along the songs she and Philip wrote to Lily to sing and encourages her to write her own music as well. Michele visits Lily one last time and discovers that she has a package waiting for her from Philip, assuring her that he heard Lily singing their songs and knew she was well. She again urges him to move on, but tells him that she loves him.
She also meets Stella, whose fiancé is away fighting in World War II and is later killed. Seeing Stella move on and deal with the death of her loved one allows Michele to move on from the death of her mother and her loss of Philip as well. Stella organizes a benefit concert for the troops, starring her mother, Lily, and Michele attends. She is astonished to find Philip, alive and well despite her research in the present that says he never made a name for himself, accompanying her on the piano. They meet back stage and share an embrace, though he is older now and has moved on. But he hints that while this avenue is closed to them, it might not be the only one.
Michele does research back at home, looking up Philip under the name of Phoenix, the assumed name he took and wrote his music under. He was a much loved composer by Michele’s mother, and she was in fact named after one of his compositions, Michele, which he wrote for her. Back at school, the class is introduced to a new young student named Philip Walker with the same blue eyes at her love.
Main characters
- Michele Windsor: A sixteen year old girl whose mother is estranged from her socialite parents. With the death of her mother, she goes to live with her grandparents and is entered into more than one new world.
- Philip Walker: A young composer and heir to the Walker family business. He falls in love with Michele.
- Cassie: Michele’s new best friend in New York, who lives next door. She isn’t rich but goes to the same school as Michele on a scholarship.
- Clara: Michele’s great great aunt, who is adopted into the Windsor family, allegedly as the daughter of a deceased friend, though she is actually a Windsor daughter as well.
- Violet: Michele’s snotty great great aunt, who is engaged to Philip Walker before he meets Michele.
- Lily: Michele’s great grandmother, and a music legend.
- Stella: Lily’s niece, whose fiance is killed on D-day.