A true story of romance and love. Niffenegger takes you through a series of twists and turns which results in a heart breaking love story.

Clare and Henry come alive in the book with their lives intertwined it makes for a tragic and beautiful plot. This book is hard to put down and has the reader on the edge of their seat. Highly recommend - a fantastic and moving read.

The Time Travelers Wife is Audrey Niffeneggers second novel. This is the story of Henry DeTamble (the Time Traveler) and Clare Abshire (the Time Travelers Wife). Clare first meets Henry when she is six years old and he suddenly appears, naked, in the Meadow near her home: hes thirty-six at the time. On the other hand, Henry first meets Clare in the library where he works, when hes twenty-eight and shes twenty. Henry has a condition called Chrono-Displacement Disorder, which has him disappearing and reappearing into various times in the past and future. This is ultimately a beautiful love story with a time-travel twist, which adds a different dimension to the story: humour in some parts, horror or heartache in others. Whilst reading this book can be confusing at first, once you realise that Clares story moves forward normally in time, and you remember to pay attention to Henrys age in the headings, it all starts to make sense. Henry and Clares ardour and their attempts to lead a normal life, to have a family, in the face of his disorder, make for a memorable and deeply stirring tale. Niffenegger is skilled with prose and plot; the reader is held enthralled as her imagination is transformed into words. This novel has been described as enchanting, moving, extraordinary, haunting, compelling, a soaring love story: I agree with all of those. I laughed and cried. I so love this book: it is one of my all-time favourite novels. Writing this review has made me want to read it yet again.

It took me a while to get through this, but was worth it; an excellent novel, not overly mushy in terms of romance. Would recommend it.