The Time Traveller's Wife

I have really enjoyed reading this well-written book. It is essentially an old-fashioned, boy-meets-girl, love story. Except that Henry met Clare when he was in his 40s and she was 6 and then they got married when he was 30 and she was 22. How? Well, he is a time-traveller.

The book chronicles the many magical meetings between Clare and Henry as she as growing up (and him time travelling to meet her) and also their life together. Imagine meeting the person you are to marry as an adult as you are growing up. But only being able to meet him for brief moments sometimes months or even years apart. As you can imagine its not a "normal" relationship at all as Henry suffers from a rare medical condition - he time travels. He is prone to disappearing from the present at any time which also makes their relationship interesting. At times, Henry in the present is interacting with a Henry that has time travelled. We also get a glimpse of what life was for Henry as he grew up (he started time travelling when he was very young) and also of Clare's life which helps flesh out and give life to the characters.

The book is written as a first person narration. So we get the story from Clare's or Henry's perspective. It is very easy to read and I was very quickly engrossed in the lives of Henry and Clare. I highly recommend it. It will make a nice easy read for the summer.