The Time Keeper

by Kevin Cropp

Overview

Perhaps in the final days of our life we are granted the wisdom to see all that could have been, and all that should have been. The price is dear for such wisdom. Diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty eight, Linda Wails has only one dying wish—to make amends with her seventeen year old son Corey. For years they have struggled with one another, but the time is now or never to learn anew what it means to be a mother and what it takes to be a son. Such irony, that a woman should find her true beginning at the end of her life. Such justice, that a selfish young man should find within himself a pounding heart he never knew he had. Isn’t the deepest meaning found in the greatest tragedy? With all the drama that is life, it is often the quiet, peaceful dreams that are the best remembered. The Time Keeper is the story of such a dream.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013471283
Publisher:	Copper Press Publishers
Publication date:	10/15/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	137 KB

About the Author

Kevin Cropp has spent a lot of his time on the road: exploring, mountain climbing, and taking photographs all over the world. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree in wildlife biology, and now lives in Asheville, NC with his wife, daughter and two dogs. With alarming clarity and sad truth, the author has delivered a story in The Time Keeper you will not forget. Motivation from this novel comes from personal experience.

Editorial Reviews

This book had a raw truth that you do not find in many books these days. You see the inner struggles of both mother and son throughout the entire book and can not help but become swept up in the emotional roller-coaster which is their lives. I would (and have) recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a story which shows the good, the bad, the ugly and the power of self-acceptance.

Casandra Norrcross

"The Time Keeper" is truly a very touching story. It made me realize how important it is to appreciate each day and live it to the fullest. But, most of all, it made me realize to never let a day go by without telling my children how much they mean to me and how much I love them. The book was wonderful! I'm sure it will touch many, many lives. I will definitely recommend this book to all of my friends.

Ginger Gentry

Though dealing with a very sad and devastating life event, The Time Keeper reveals many positives that were a result of this situation. Those are the things that will stay with you long after reading this memorable and thought provoking book.
The change in the relationship between Corey and his mother,sadly due to her diagnosis with cancer, is profound. They each demonstrated tremendous courage,strength and forgiveness to rebuild their fractured relationship.

J LW

The fact that Kevin Cropp's novel is 99.9 percent true, effects a reader much more, than just seeing it as a novel. The changed perspective from knowing that he included real life events in the novel allowed me as a high school student to understand the struggles he worked through to overcome, with his parents. Although I have a much closer relationship with my parents, I can easily understand the hardships he worked to overcome and how everyone experiences tension among a parent-child relations

Katie Percie

Kevin Cropp's novel, "The Time Keeper", is a must-read for high school students. Dealing with many relevant topics, such as family conflict, reconciliation/forgiveness, dying, loss, goal/setting, conflict with teachers and girlfriends, the story of Corey Wails sets an example of persevering through tragedy. It is a clean, well written novel with symbolism, strongly developed characters, thought-provoking themes, and great framing that brings much discussion to the life of young adults.

Laura Stavlas