The idea of one true, constant and unwavering love to last a lifetime isn't a foreign and unknown concept to the literary world. Trials and tribulations come hand in hand along with tears and catastrophe, everything that would try to tear two people apart. But for Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire, whose relationship is anything but conventional, what would try to tear them apart only serves to bring them closer together, not only across distance but through the breaches of time.
Audrey Niffenegger's first novel is stunning, not only because it is her first published book but for the unique and exquisite story it presents. The traditional and conventional love story of timeless devotion is still there in a way any reader would appreciate, but put to impossible and at times exquisite tests. Where Clare is anchored into the consistency of her daily life, Henry is unwillingly thrust into time periods and settings of which he has no control, and no say over when he can return. But as Henry moves from time and place without a foot on the ground it is Clare who continues to be his unwavering, promising constant.
Their love affair is anything but ordinary, and it would be hard to say too much about it without giving away what makes the book as special as it is. Shifting back and forth between one time period and another with no promise of returning to where it had been before, the importance of making the most of the present while savoring the past and daring to hope for what the future could hold. I want to say so many good, wonderful things about this book, but I really feel it needs to be read to be experienced and understood. This is the kind of love that I think most people search for, and when it's found it should be held onto with both hands.
I didn't know what to expect when I started The Time Traveler's Wife, but what I got was far greater than those potential expectations. The style of writing was consistent to the story, the flow of time moving end over end without hesitation or pause.
The Time Traveler's Wife is available for purchase on Amazon and will be released August 14th, 2009 worldwide as a motion picture starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams.
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