Moments after her mother's funeral, 17-year-old Megan McConnell is filled with grief and regret when she receives a strange call on an antique telephone. She can't help feeling skeptical when the operator tells her she can call her mother in the past, even though her mother is dead. Is it a prank? Or can she actually speak with her mom? More to the point, is it possible she can save her mother from the bomb blast in Afghanistan that took her life?

Desperate to bring her mother back, Megan is also hoping for another chance at a genuine mother-daughter relationship with a woman who always chose her career as a foreign correspondent over motherhood.

"The Time Telephone" is an unusual time travel story about the search for love, family and friendship that can sometimes be complicated by idealistic expectations.

Teen/Young Adult Fiction