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The Time Traveler's Wife is one of my all time favorite reads and it is one of only a few books that I have read more than once. And actually the first time I read it, when I finished it I immediately started over and read it again. Things and events became very clear to me the second time through.
I have discussed this story with a lot of different groups of people and it seems pretty clear that about 50% love it and the other 50% just couldn't get into it. I loved it and it will always have a special place on my bookshelves. I was able to snag a second copy, just so I could give it to one of you. I sure hope you are in the 50% who love it too.
I have discussed this story with a lot of different groups of people and it seems pretty clear that about 50% love it and the other 50% just couldn't get into it. I loved it and it will always have a special place on my bookshelves. I was able to snag a second copy, just so I could give it to one of you. I sure hope you are in the 50% who love it too.
Good luck and be sure to stop back next week!
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Time Traveler's Wife
Paperback, 528 pages
Published 2003 by MacAdam/Cage
The Time Traveler's Wife is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. 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.
About the author
Niffenegger's debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife (2003), was a national bestseller. The Time Traveler's Wife is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his constant absence.
Her Fearful Symmetry (2009), Niffenegger's second novel, is set in London's Highgate Cemetery where, during research for the book, Niffenegger acted as a tour guide.
Niffenegger has also published graphic and illustrated novels including: The Adventuress (2006), The Three Incestuous Sisters (2005), The Night Bookmobile (2009), and Raven Girl (2013). Raven Girl was adapted into a ballet by Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor and the Royal Opera House Ballet (London) in 2013.
A mid-career retrospective entitled "Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger," was presented by the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington D.C.) in 2013. An accompanying exhibition catalogue examines several themes in Niffenegger's visual art including her explorations of life, mortality, and magic.
I've heard good things about this book but haven't read it yet.
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