‘A memoir wrapped in this fiction tortilla of time travel' | Texas author explores the 1970's, sensitive topics in debut novelSAN ANTONIO — Amy Daughters’s just wanted to write a funny time travel book but what she penned opened up a new world of emotions.
Many if not all the characters are based on real-life counterparts including her parents, grandparents and even Mary, the reassuring, wise presence who helps Amy travel back in time.“The character portrayals of the main characters are accurate to my memories, and accurate to my perceptions,” she said.
“I’m fascinated. I’m a history person. I’m a non-fiction person. I’ve got a metal detector. I’m fascinated with the past,” Daughters said. Daughters said she never planned for the book to bring up so many emotions but admits that when you “travel back in time” and see yourself as a 10-year-old and see your mom at the same age you are in the present, it opens up your heart.
Her mother appreciated how she was viewed and portrayed and how her daughter thought about her not only as a mother but as a person in general. This led to a heart-to-heart between mother and daughter. Daughters’s dad – who was more like her best friend told her not to ask for permission but to go after her dreams and write the story she wanted.