Touched - Linda Armstrong-Miller Book Review

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Review Summaries
"At eight years of age Matthew Allen was molested. This lead him to stop caring about anyone other than himself. His first night of call as an intern he meets an old black lady that takes him twenty-five years into the past with one goal in mind. She wants to touch his heart." Linda Armstrong-Miller, Resident Linda Armstrong-Miller Scholar

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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - an adult (general)
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - change of heart
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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