A love story between a man who slips through time and the woman who waits
What it is about
Henry DeTamble has a condition that sends him through time without warning. Clare Abshire first meets him when she is a child, and he meets her later at a different age; their lives are tied together across the years. The story alternates between their two voices.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like romance with a twist, and who enjoy stories that play with time.
What you will get
An emotional love story with a clever structure. It asks what love means when you can never count on time.
Behind the book
It was Niffenegger’s first novel, first published in 2003 by the small press MacAdam/Cage, and HBO made a series from it in 2022.
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The Time Traveler’s Wife Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Love · Time · Fate
Length
518 pages · ≈ 15 h
More about this book
Characters
Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire.
Setting
Chicago, with trips through different years.
What makes it different
Time travel serves the love story, not gadgets.
Feel
Romantic, bittersweet and sad at moments.
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