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The Time Traveler's Wife

By: Audrey Niffenegger
Narrated by: Fred Berman, Phoebe Strole
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Publisher's summary

Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. 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 from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.

Clare and Henry's story unfolds from both points of view, depicting the effects of time travel on their marriage and their passionate love for each other. They 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.

©2003 Audrey Niffenegger; 2005 HighBridge Company (P)2003 BBC Audiobooks Ltd.

Critic reviews

  • Alex Award Winner, 2004

"Highly original first novel....Niffenegger has written a soaring love story illuminated by dozens of finely observed details and scenes....It is a fair tribute to her skill and sensibility to say that the book leaves a reader with the impression of life's riches and strangeness rather than of easy thrills." (Publishers Weekly)

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If only

If only we could time travel…… Not quit sure I would want to live such a life. I love this story. It tells a story of what ifs and would you. A must listen/read.

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Just dragged on too long

I thought it was a good story to start, the science of time travel was hard to swallow, but then the story just dragged on an I wished for time to speed up so it would just be over.

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Wonderful story

Makes you really think about your life and if it were possible to know your own future, would you still want too if you knew you could not change it??

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Well

I think if you open your mind, and just go with it, you will enjoy this book. I didn't need such graphic details during sexual interaction though. Whew! But I enjoyed the story. The ending confused me a bit but I got the gist.

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It hits differently now

I read this years ago together with my husband. He cried…I didn’t.
Now, 18 months after his death, I cried.
It hits differently now, and it is a beautiful and magnificent thing that does.

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Beautiful & sad

The story is so different and lovely. My heart is touched by each character in their search of time.

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Good Read

Kept you on your toes, lots of emotions throughout the book. Loved the book so much!

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I love this story!

The story was creative and colorful. I enjoyed the details, characters, twists, and the landmarks mentioned. Now I feel like I could walk through the story myself while visiting these locations. I think the author really developed the complexities of their relationship respectfully.

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Long but beautiful

It’s taken me 3 long months to finish this audiobook. This book has been on my TBR for over 15 years, and I finally felt ready to tackle it this year. I can’t explain how ingenious the author is with how she kept track of going back and forth, keeping the timelines clean, but every moment made sense. Both Henry and Claire are nowhere near perfect, but you can understand why they were meant for each other, going through every phase of life with them together. And it is raw, but it is beautiful.

I wish we had more moments of Alba, but what we got was also satisfactory. The movie didn’t do this book justice, if anyone was wondering, but I think the casting was perfect for it.

Absolutely heartbreaking and beautiful.

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Amazing story

In checking out the premise of the book I wasn’t sure how it would read. The flow is good the plot line believable. A very enjoyable book!

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