ONCE UPON A TIMPIECE.

A REFERENCE TO TIME CATEGORY .....

ONCE UPON A TIMEPIECE by STARR WOOD.

SOURCE: Received for review from a representative of the authors publisher, BO TREE BOOKS

When Conrad Sands returns a wristwatch to an old flame after 20 years apart, a remarkable chain of events begins.

The watch passes through the hands of a gold-digger, a journalist, an enchantress and a professor. It touches the lives of a rogue art collector, a domestic helper, and an environmental campaigner. It influences a reverends apprentice, a kept wife, and a self-made man. All of them are strangers, yet all are intricately linked in ways that none of them see.

A deeply thought-provoking debut novel from Starr Wood, "Once Upon a Timepiece" is a gripping portrayal of humanity's relationship with time and the unseen threads of history that bind us together. Told through a series of twelve inter-connected short stories, it explores memory and regret, ambition and weakness, and the texture of time that lies behind all our lives.
..... Outer back cover

FIRST SENTENCE {Chapter 1: January: Seize The Day}: Conrad Sands slipped off his watch and placed it on the desk in front of him.

MEMORABLE MOMENT {Page 47}: Grubb reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper that he unfolded and smoothed out on his jacket. "You sit behind your journalistic principles, all high and mighty, washing everyone else's dirty laundry in public. But what about you?"

MY THOUGHTS: Though not usually a fan of the short story every now and then a collection will capture my imagination. This is one collection that did so in a huge way.

A collection of twelve short stories all of which are connected by the obtaining of an antique watch. Once Upon A Timepiece is a cleverly, very cleverly, constructed book that with a twist-in-the-tale to every story never fails to surprise.

Fun, quirky and with a lesson, however subtle, to be had each time the watch comes into the hands of a new character. I don't want to say too much about the overall plot or indeed the individual tales in the hope that every reader will feel the delight I did on discovering the various twists and turns of this wonderfully captivating little book. 

Disclaimer:  Read and reviewed on behalf of the agent for the author, I was merely asked for my honest opinion, no financial compensation was asked for nor given.
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