num_pages: 522
description: Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, 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 sic and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry was 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, 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 attemp 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.(front flap)
language: English
title: The Time Traveler's Wife
titlecomplete: The Time Traveler's Wife
characters: Ingrid Carmichael, Henry DeTamble, Celia Attley, Mrs. Kim, Gomez, Alba DeTamble, Alicia Abshire, Richard DeTamble, Mark Abshire, Philip Abshire, Lucille Abshire, Dr. David Kendrick, Charisse, Clare Abshire
genres: Time Travel, Romance, Fiction, Science Fiction, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Magical Realism, Adult, Adult Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1755094
places: Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Illinois, South Haven, Michigan
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: British Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: MacAdam/Cage