the time traveler's wife?

The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

Summary

The Time Traveler's Wife begins with a prologue in which the main characters, Henry and Clare, introduce the nature of their relationship as a time traveler and a time traveler's wife. The alternating first-person perspectives set a precedent for the rest of the story, which largely follows the chronology of Clare's life but also takes us along for some of Henry's time-traveling adventures.

Book 1: The Man Out Of Time

Clare and Henry meet at the Newberry Library in Chicago. She's a 20-year-old art student. He's a 28-year-old librarian. Clare is overjoyed to see Henry – she tells him she has known him since she was 6. Henry doesn't remember her but agrees to go out to dinner with her, amazed at how much he means to this "luminous creature." During dinner, Clare reveals to him that she knows about his time travel disorder and that they met for the first time when she was 6 years old and he was 43. She shows him a diary that holds all dates for his visits. Henry feels overwhelmed by all this information, but also finds himself very attracted to her. He asks Clare to pretend that this is a normal first date between two normal people. Clare apologizes for her fervor. She tells him about her family and he tells her about his. More...

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