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The Time Traveler's Wife

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The time-altering love story behind the major new TV series

by Audrey Niffenegger
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/10/2004
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I won't ever leave you, even though you're always leaving me...

This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty.

Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous and his experiences are alternately harrowing and amusing.

The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's passionate love for each other with grace and humour. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.

ISBN:
9780099464464
9780099464464
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-10-2004
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
528
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x31mm
Weight:
0.36kg
Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and writer who lives mostly in Chicago and occasionally in London.

She has published six books, including the novels The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry. She helped to found the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts.

Her art has been exhibited by Printworks Gallery in Chicago since 1986. She is a Professor in the Fiction Department of Columbia College.

Her recent projects include a ballet, Raven Girl, in collaboration with Wayne McGregor for the Royal Opera House Ballet.

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A true story of romance and love. Niffenegger takes you through a series of twists and turns which results in a heart breaking love story.

Clare and Henry come alive in the book with their lives intertwined it makes for a tragic and beautiful plot. This book is hard to put down and has the reader on the edge of their seat. Highly recommend - a fantastic and moving read.

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The Time Travelers Wife is Audrey Niffeneggers second novel. This is the story of Henry DeTamble (the Time Traveler) and Clare Abshire (the Time Travelers Wife). Clare first meets Henry when she is six years old and he suddenly appears, naked, in the Meadow near her home: hes thirty-six at the time. On the other hand, Henry first meets Clare in the library where he works, when hes twenty-eight and shes twenty. Henry has a condition called Chrono-Displacement Disorder, which has him disappearing and reappearing into various times in the past and future. This is ultimately a beautiful love story with a time-travel twist, which adds a different dimension to the story: humour in some parts, horror or heartache in others. Whilst reading this book can be confusing at first, once you realise that Clares story moves forward normally in time, and you remember to pay attention to Henrys age in the headings, it all starts to make sense. Henry and Clares ardour and their attempts to lead a normal life, to have a family, in the face of his disorder, make for a memorable and deeply stirring tale. Niffenegger is skilled with prose and plot; the reader is held enthralled as her imagination is transformed into words. This novel has been described as enchanting, moving, extraordinary, haunting, compelling, a soaring love story: I agree with all of those. I laughed and cried. I so love this book: it is one of my all-time favourite novels. Writing this review has made me want to read it yet again.

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It took me a while to get through this, but was worth it; an excellent novel, not overly mushy in terms of romance. Would recommend it.

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