num_pages: 401
description: A magical love story inspired by the legend of a woman who vanished from Grand Central Terminal sweeps readers from the 1920s to World War II and beyond in the spirit of The Time Travelers Wife and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.On a clear December morning in 1937 at the famous gold clock in Grand Central Terminal Joe Reynolds a hardworking railroad man from Queens meets a vibrant young woman who seems mysteriously out of place. Nora Lansing is a Manhattan socialite whose flapper clothing pearl earrings and talk of the Roaring Twenties dont seem to match the bleak mood of Depression-era New York. Captivated by Nora from her first electric touch Joe despairs when he tries to walk her home and she disappears. Finding her againand againwill become the focus of his love and his life.Nora an aspiring artist and fiercely independent is shocked to find shes somehow been trapped her presence in the terminal governed by rules she cannot fathom. It isnt until she meets Joe that she begins to understand the effect that time is having on her and the possible connections to the workings of Grand Central and the solar phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge when the sun rises or sets between the citys skyscrapers aligned perfectly with the streets below.As thousands of visitors pass under the famous celestial blue ceiling each day Joe and Nora create a life unlike any they could have imagined. With infinite love in a finite space they take full advantage of the Terminal City within a city dining at the Oyster Bar visiting the Whispering Gallery and making a home at the Biltmore Hotel. But when the construction of another landmark threatens their future Nora and Joe are forced to test the limits of freedom and love.Delving into Grand Central Terminals rich past Lisa Grunwald crafts a masterful historical novel about a love affair that defies age class place and even time.
language: English
title: Time After Time
publisher: Random House