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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.
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