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Time's Pendulum Swings Again Kindle Edition

by Joy m. Lilley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.6 out of 5 stars (8)
Jenny is working as a nurse, when she meets Seb. She is a young woman, living with her mother and has had a strict religious upbringing. Seb is a handsome, successful surgical registrar and Jenny is incapable of resisting his charms. They fall in love, buy a flat and move in together, against Jenny’s mother’s wishes. Then one day, Seb confesses to Jenny that he is already married with two young boys. Can a heartbroken Jenny pick up the pieces of her life?“I could see she was pleased that I had found myself a boyfriend who was a doctor, but knowing my mother, I think she would have been far happier if his skin had been white.”
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  1. Print length
    89 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Accessibility
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  4. Publication date
    December 14, 2018
  5. Reading age
    16 - 18 years
  6. Grade level
    8 - 12
  7. File size
    4.0 MB
  8. Page Flip
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  9. Word Wise
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  10. Enhanced typesetting
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07LD5JWGF
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 14, 2018
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 4th
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.0 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 89 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 - 18 years
  • Best Sellers Rank: #4,579,263 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 out of 5 stars (8)

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3.6 out of 5 stars
8 global ratings

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  • Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko
    4.0 out of 5 stars I love Love Stories!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2020
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    This is a beautiful love story of the type we can all relate to. A person of a different culture and black-skinned falls in love with a white-skinned girl. I have used the adjectives for a purpose. This black-skinned person is not of Africa descent but from Nepal. Although black-skinned, he may not be considered a black man. Whereas the white-skinned girl is British.

    So, the two fall madly in love against all odds. Jenny’s mother is against the union and so are, perhaps her friends. Seb. On the other hand, hides his true self to Jenny. He does not want Jenny to know that he is not free to marry her. Eventually, the truth comes out and Jenny is devastated. Seb returns home to Nepal to his wife and two sons. Jenny marries and has a son.

    The two will eventually meet again. Will they continue from where they left the last time? Only time will tell. Although the story is beautiful, the writing left a lot to be desired. If I were the author of this book, I will pull it down and fix all the content errors in it.
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    3.0 out of 5 stars Deceit is at the forefront, cultural differences are accented, and love survives
    Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2021
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    The title of this book perfectly describes the storyline. A young registered nurse, with limited social life, Jenny, falls in love with Seb, a surgeon from Nepal, whose feelings mirror hers. When Seb abruptly distances himself from what appears to be the beginning of a whirlwind romance, Jenny is confused, but soon after the separation, Seb rekindles their passionate relationship. Then, once again, he walks away from Jenny. He leaves Jenny, in the midst of personal tragedy, and returns to Nepal, with a selfish last request before his departure. As Jenny and Seb move on with their lives, neither can fully let go of the love they shared, or the lies that allowed it.

    Passion, deceit, tragedy, and loyalty combine to create the story of a romance between two people of different races and different cultures that, over time, swings like a pendulum. The story is told in the first person, from both Jenny’s and Seb’s points of view. Jenny and Seb are memorable characters, as is Jenny’s mother, who plays an important role throughout the novella.
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  • Susanne
    4.0 out of 5 stars What the heart wants.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2025
    Format: Kindle
    What begins as the perfect romance between a doctor and a nurse, Sebastian and Jenny, goes off the rails once Jenny learns Sebastian is married with a family back home in Nepal. They part and continue with their lives until they meet again. Will Jenny forgive Sebastian for lying to her since he was escaping a loveless marriage? Will passion ignite once more? Read and find out.
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  • Whidbey Isle- Greg😎
    3.0 out of 5 stars All the Elements of “Great” Storytelling.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2022
    Format: Kindle
    Reviewing a book with just “Stars” is misleading. In writing contests submissions are judged by categories, as plot, narrative, pacing, hooks, transitions, voice, etc..
    Joy’s work would have been clearer to me if it opened with character narrative’s of “Sebastian”, and “Jenny”, presented as Prologue. I would have understood future chapters dedicated to either Jenny’s, or Sebastian’s person/time frame; more easily supporting the Arc of the story. This is something John Podlaski did very well in his “When can I stop Running “ book.
    There are some “speed bumps” between “Mother and “Mum” that I had to back peddle to figure out. Maybe the affection was “Mum” and “Mother” was the antagonist? Something of the English way of referencing that is heartwarming to me. If I were to reference a style of clear narrative writing I would use Yvette M Calleiro’s work in her recent work “Hype”. As a writer it helps me to reference a standard I can look up to.
    But, I am Intrigued with stories of England and writings about WW II. One of my favorites is “The Splendid and the Vile”, by Eric Larson. In that realm I’am intrigued to read Joy’s 2015 book “The LiherfJ Bodice”. “Special Operations Executive”, and French Resistance Fighters. What more could I ask for?
    In conclusion : I want to say I would look forward to the “Revised Edition”, of “Times Pendulum Swings Again” (“Again”). I am sure it would be five Stars, or more.
    @GregoryDoering 😎
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  • BookLover1013
    2.0 out of 5 stars Needs Some Work
    Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2020
    Format: Kindle
    This story COULD have been a docu-drama following two people of different races and backgrounds that fell in love, the difficulties they faced - some of them self-imposed - and how they overcame these hurdles to be together at last: an okay read. However, overwhelming grammatical and punctuation errors, dreadful formatting, and use of the first and third-person narrative and the past and present tense simultaneously seriously hampered my reading enjoyment. With editing and proofreading, I may have rated it three stars.
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  • Tony Bassett
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tale of romance and woe
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2023
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    This is a beautifully-written tale of romance and woe featuring a conscientious nurse, Jenny, who falls in love with a dashing Nepalese surgical registrar she works with.
    Despite cultural difference and warnings from Jenny's mother, the pair fall headlong in love before she discovers the heart-breaking news he has a wife and two boys in his country.
    She is obviously devastated and vows to have nothing more to do with him.
    Ten years later, she learns the doctor’s marital union had been a loveless, arranged marriage. She is lonely. Can they pick up the pieces of their once close, trusting relationship?
    This was a short, easy-to-read novel that was difficult to put down.
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