The Time Traveler's Wife

When this book was recommended to me by a friend (thank you, thank you Mitzi!) I pictured a mass market style sci-fi novel with a really lame picture on the cover. Was I ever surprised when I found it and read it. I actually paid full price at Barnes & Noble for my copy. (I rarely do that. I'm all about finding used copies at interesting places. I also love my library.) The Time Traveler's Wife is Audrey Niffenegger's first novel. She has also written several graphic novels. She must be brilliant to write such a book while also teaching full time at a college. The book takes the reader through the lives of Henry and Clare and the odd formation of their relationship. Henry is a time traveler, but not the kind we often see in movies. He is not in control of his time traveling and is very weary from it. I found myself feeling so connected with Henry and Clare that I cried at the end of the book.