Description of book
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.
Reviews
‘Niffenegger sweeps you up in a magnificently strucutred, highly original book with a surprising, poignant ending.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘There’s a cast of great characters and some knockout moments. The end is agonising and the final pages were drenched with my tears. When you finish the book, though, you have accepted their destiny and are left with a feeling that you’ve had a life-enriching experience’ Australian Women’s Weekly
‘This is a long book that never flags. Its allure is the stand-off between human detail and the impersonal sweep of time; and the increasingly harrowing pull, as the book moves inexorably towards Henry’s demise, of being human - Clare’s struggle to keep an unborn child alive; Henry’s life-long anguish over the childhood loss of his mother; the burden Clare carries of Henry’s dangerous absences.’ Weekend Australian