Discussion Questions for The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

1. In The Time Traveler's Wife , the characters meet each other at various times during their lifetime. How does the author keep all the timelines in order and "on time"?

2. Although Henry does the time traveling, Clare is equally impacted. How does she cope with his journeys and does she ultimately accept them?

3. How does the writer introduce the reader to the concept of time travel as a realistic occurrence? Does she succeed?

4. Henry's life is disrupted on multiple levels by spontaneous time travel. How does his career as a librarian offset his tumultuous disappearances? Why does that job appeal to Henry?

5. Henry and Clare know each other for years before they fall in love as adults. How does Clare cope with the knowledge that at a young age she knows that Henry is the man she will eventually marry?

6. The Time Traveler's Wife is ultimately an enduring love story. What trials and tribulations do Henry and Clare face that are the same as or different from other "normal" relationships?

7. How does their desire for a child affect their relationship?

8. The book is told from both Henry and Clare's perspectives. What does this add to the story?

9. Do you think the ending of the novel is satisfactory?

10. Though history there have been dozens of mediums used for time travel in literature. Please cite examples and compare The Time Traveler's Wife to the ones with which you are familiar.

Thanks to The Reading Group for the Questions

Time Travellers Wife Trailer ......... As promised

OK girls here is the trailer for the movie ......... And I have to say judging by the clips I might just like the movie ........ Even though I hated the book ............. Any way judge for yourself .......

The Time Travellers Wife - by Audrey Niffenegger (1)

"Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, The Time Traveler's Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity in his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's marriage and their passionate love for each other as the story"

Ok When you read the cover like this - This book sounds brilliant ... When we formed our book club each member was to pick a book so to start us off we all decided on this Book to read ... A little bit of a love story (Some even say that it the greatest love story to cross time) and a little bit of fantasy ( with the time travelling angle).

This book got so many good reviews and everyone seemed to love it that when I was half way through the book I thought I most be reading a different book .... There are moments in the book that I thought OK this could get interesting and then the writer wouldn't follow through with the story line .... There is some bad language and a little bit of sex in the novel as well ....

I was sorely disappointed with this book because the basic idea is really good and could have been a great book ... I was so frustrated and thought Henry the main character to be totally selfish that by the end of the book I couldn't have cared what happened to him ....

There is going to be a movie made of the book with lovely Eric Bana ... It will be interesting to see if the movie will be true to the book ... I am kinda hoping that it isn't .....

I rate this book unfortunately 1*