Cover of An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4)
RomantasyScience Fiction RomanceTime Travel

An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4)

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  • 1989 first published
  • 358 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (9 ratings)
  • 19 editions
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Madeleine L'Engle's An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4) (1989) is a romantasy and sci-fi romance novel. Readers will find themes of Druids and Druidism, space and time, time travel and love.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 42 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 19 editions.

It runs to roughly 358 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4)

Polly's stay with her grandparents in Connecticut becomes an extraordinary experience as she encounters old friends and mysterious strangers and finds herself traveling back in time to play a crucial role in a prehistoric confrontation.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Druids and Druidism
  • Space and time
  • Time travel
  • Love
  • Fantastic fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Romance fiction
  • Male college students
  • Teenage girls
  • Prehistoric peoples
  • Sick
  • Love stories
  • Children's fiction
  • Druids and druidism
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Fantasy

Quick answers

Who wrote An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4)?

An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4) was written by Madeleine L'Engle and first published in 1989.

What genre is An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4)?

It is usually shelved as Romantasy, Science Fiction Romance and Time Travel.

How long is An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4)?

The median edition has 358 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4)?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Time Traveler's Wife, Replay and Wayfarer.

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