The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger and Audrey Neffenegger

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This extraordinary, magical first novel is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, a librarian, 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 misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity in his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing."The Time Traveler's Wife" depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's marriage and their passionate love for each other as the story unfolds from both points of view. Clare and Henry attempt to live normal lives, pursuing familiar goals - steady jobs, good friends, children of their own. All of this is threatened by something they can neither prevent nor control, making their story intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.
  • ISBN10 0099516268
  • ISBN13 9780099516262
  • Publish Date 1 January 2099 (first published 1 September 2003)
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Out of Print 3 December 2009
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Vintage
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English