Clare is an art student and a Botticelli beauty, while Henry is a daring and life-hungry librarian. Clare falls from all heavens anew every time Henry stands before her. For Henry is a time traveler, his internal clock shifting without warning. Suddenly and unexpectedly, he rushes off, never certain from which time he comes or in which time he lands with Clare, but it is always certain that he will return to her. When they first meet, Clare is six and Henry is 36, but in truth, Henry is only eight years older than her and has been married to her for a long time. Absurdity becomes normality. His time travels are the burning secret that binds Henry and Clare even closer with each separation.

Audrey Niffenegger has succeeded in writing about the beauty of duration and the wonder of longing, telling the story of love as if for the first time. Niffenegger masterfully intertwines the original idea of time travel with a unique, deeply moving love story. Brilliantly staged and captivatingly told. One encounters true love only once. And then again and again... A book about the beauty of duration and the wonder of longing. A journey through happiness.