The Time Travelers Wife
AUTHOR: Audrey Niffenegger
CHARACTERS: Claire Absuire , Henry DeTamble
SETTING: Library in Chicago and many other places in the U.S.
SUMMARY:
Saturday, October 26 1991
Clare Absuire a 20 year-old art student and Henry DeTamble a 28 year-old librarian met in a Library in Chicago. She finds herself seeking for help in a library in Chicago to find her self face-to-face with Henry , claims that she knows him since she was 6. She is overjoyed to see him. Henry doesn't remember her , he ends up agreeing to go out to dinner with her. While at dinner Claire tells Henry that she knows about his time traveling disorder. She tells Henry that they met when she was a young 6 year-old girl , in Lake Michigan, not far from her family home. She shows him a diary that holds all dates for his visits. Henry feels overwhelmed by all this information, but also finds himself very attracted to her. She talks to him about of the time they have already spent together, from when she was a little girl, to a teenager, to a young woman. He asks Clare to pretend that this is a normal first date between two normal people. Claire tells henry about her family , Henry does the same. Henry invites Claire up to his bachelor pad. After dinner, Henry invites Clare up to his place. On the way, Henry buys some alcohol and Clare reminds him that Dr. Kendrick advised him to not drink. Henry was confused he didn't know who Dr.Kendrick was. Claire then explains that he is Henry's doctor in the future. Dr.Kendrick is the man who will discover why people are Chrono-Impaired – the clinical term for Henry's time-hopping condition. Up in his apartment they end up kissing, which leads them to making love to each other.
Sunday, June 1968
Henry recalls on the magic he felt the first time he time traveled. For his fifth birthday, his parents took him to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Later that night, he suddenly pops back in time to the museum. A 24 year-old version of Henry starts guiding himself through the first experience. Older Henry explains Younger Henry that he has a time traveler and his time travels must remain secrets. During Henry's teenage years, his older version teaches him time travelers' tricks of survival, including stealing, breaking and entering, and running from the police.Little Henry pops back to Older Henry and tells his mother about his "wonderful dream".
September 23, 1977
The narration jumps to the first time 43-year-old Henry meets 6-year-old Clare in a meadow, not far from her family's house on Lake Michigan. Henry calls out to six-year-old Claire from behind a bush because he is naked. She gets scared and throws a shoe at him, he explains that he means no harm to her. She throws her picnic blanket to him, he covers up. Henry tells Claire about how he is a time traveler and he can't take anything with him because then the world would be a big mess. he asks little Claire to bring him clothes the next time they meet, and to keep their encounter a secret. On the date given, Clare waits for Henry with old clothes from her dad. When he shows up, Clare warms up to Henry and tells him that she now believes his story. Claire told one of her friends "Ruth" but she didn't believe her, Henry explains to her that many people won't believe. Little Claire tells Henry that she believes him.
Thursday, June 7, 1973
Older Henry (27 year-old) and Younger Henry (9 year-old) visit the Art Institute of Chicago where older Henry teaches younger Henry more techniques about survival while time traveling. 27 year-old Henry has already realized that a time traveler must value his survival over his morals, but still feels bad about corrupting his younger self. Young Henry begins to wonder why they can't time travel together. At the same time, older Henry advises younger Henry that he
needs to live as though he has free will and is also responsible for his
actions, because if he doesn't, he'll be miserable.
Sunday,
September 23, 1984
Henry (35 year-old) and Claire (13 year-old) meat again this time Henry had been sleeping
only to wake up to Claire right by his side. She had left clothes and snacks in
a box . Henry begins to tell Claire about her future. She begins to wonder if
her future will happen because Henry said so or begins that was her destiny.They begin to discuss about God. raised as a good catholic girl Claire believes in a Universe were life happens through the hands of God.
Saturday, October 27, 1984
Clare(13 year-old) wakes up to Henry(43 year-old) calling her name. Only to find her brother and father outside dressed in hunting gear with another man. She then realizes that Henry is in a distance waving at her, she then gets a feeling that something has happened. Henry was that other man.
Friday, June 5, 1987
Claire(16
year-old) just got her drivers license and will be driving to her friends party
which she invites Henry(32 year-old) to he doesn’t think it’s a good idea
because they must remain a secret. Claire is tired of keeping it a secret he
agrees to go but will wait for her in the car. Henry was still waiting in the
car one of Claire’s friends goes to the car and starts to talk to him about
being Claire’s boyfriend. Both Claire and Henry deny that he is her boyfriend.Claire drives of like a crazy person, she then begins to speed and Henry tells her how he is afraid of car accidents because he was in an accident when he was younger.
Thursday, January 13,2000
Henry(36 year-old) goes into Claire's (28 year-old) studio. He finds that she has trimmed drawings from the bottom. She then explains that she thought they would never meet again. She cut it because she thought they might never meet in the future because she insisted on testing time.
Saturday, December 24, 1988
It's Christmas Eve , Henry(40 year-old) has some food and reading material for Claire(27 year-old) he is waiting up at the reading room at Meadowlark House. It has been nine years since his other dies.He reflects on his various travels , when his mother was still alive. Henry was remembering his mother becoming a rising star on the opera scene when Clare enters. She wishes him "Merry Christmas," but Henry isn't in the mood. Henry tells Claire about this accident he had when he was 6 years-old with his mother, a car accident. He didn't die because of his time traveling. Henry and his mother were on their way to the airport to pick up his father. He travels to that moment often. He blames himself for his mother's death.
Saturday, December 24, 1988:
It's Christmas Eve and Henry(25 year-old) is all alone. His father doesn't want to be with him and his friends are with their families he buys a bottle of Schnapps. Henry wanders the streets of Chicago with no direction. While he is having dinner at the Berghoff, a warm, cozy family restaurant he wanders about death. He starts to think about his mother and on how dead people shall be remembered. He heads out to a lounge "Get Me High" and ordered a whisky. A few drinks later, Henry passes out and has to be taken to the hospital. He is asked if he has a death wish he replies with a "yes".
Saturday, April 8, 1989 :
Clare is hanging out with Grandma Meagram . Henry gave her a dates list which made Claire realize it will be a 2 years until she sees Henry again.They both realize how much they like each other. She goes out on a walk with the grandmother and Henry pops out of no where. Claire's grandmother is blind but she can feel Henry's presence, so Claire introduces him as the friend Henry who she told her grandma about. Grandma ask if she can touch Henry's face , as she does she concludes that he isn't a boy. Grandma tell Henry that he has promised to marry Claire but he hasn't proposed neither has he asked to meet her parents. Henry tells grandma he will but in time he then disappears Claire explains his situation to grandma she concludes that he is a bad husband.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, December 24, 25, 26,1991:
Henry(28 year-old) and Claire(20 year-old) are on their way to Meadowlark House to celebrate Christmas with Claire's family. He is nervous about meeting her family in "real time". Claire feels better with present Henry.Stress seems to be the number one trigger for his time traveling. Running, meditation, and sex help him to stay in the present. Most of the time when he time travels it's about his past not his future. He likes it better that way. As soon as they get to Claire's house the housekeeper and the cook welcome the couple. Claire shows Henry her room he is yet to feel nothing because he knows nothing. They are separated by how they are given different rooms. At lunch time he meets the rest of the family including the parents. Henry is asked about his parents. Everyone is awed to find out that his father is a renowned violinist and that his mother was the famous singer Annette DeTamble. Henry is told that he will be fed well because he is too thin. Claire and Henry go to the meadow where they first met , but Henry dosnt remember it. r room. At night, the entire family is attending Catholic mass, he feels uncomfortable because the last time he was at a church was because of his moms death. The last time he attended a religious service was for his mother's death. During the sermon he went to the restroom he thought he was going to time travel because of stress. He prays to god and ask him to let him stay but he suddenly disappears and reappears again to t he church were Claire had been waiting.
Sunday, May 24, 1992 :
Claire(21 year-old) and Henry (28 year-old) have been having a lot of sexual inter course. She stops him because she thinks its too much. Henry then pops the question and ask her to marry him. She replies whit a yes.
Sunday, September 5, 1993 :
Claire ( 22 year-old) is afraid that on their wedding day Henry (30 year-old) will disappear. Henry considers drugs. Claire refuses because she believes he isn't sick , he tells her how in love he is with her because she has the ability to adore his awful flaws. He does end up taking drugs later on in the week. He is found lying on the floor by Claire she tells him on how he shall not take no more drugs he agrees.
Saturday, May 9, 1992:
Henry(28 year-old) ask his father for his marriage rings so he can give them to claire when he purposes. He is informed that his dad hasn't been doing to well. Drinking too much alcohol has made him incapable of playing the cello.Henry tells his father he will purpose to Claire his father replies with "who would marry you?". Henry begins to describe Claire. He tells him on how his mother would have liked it for Claire to have the wedding rings and o how he has been time traveling to her. He tells his father how he wished he would have met him when he was happy with Henry's mother. His dad warms up and gives him the wedding rings.
Saturday, October 23, 1993 :
Both Henry(30 year-old) and Claire(22 year-old) panic on their wedding day. Henry prats ask ask god to let him stay. Claire is freaked out by a dream she had , she was a mermaid and she couldn't marry Henry. Henry goes for a run to calm down while Claire is worried that her stylist will do something hideous to her hair or face. Before the wedding Henry and Claire find themselves having sex. As Henry is putting his tuxedo he finds himself being 38 year-old Henry , walking down Highway 12 , two miles away from Claire's hometown. At a gas station he sees the days paper and starts to run home to Claire. Claire is ready surrounded by her bridesmaids. Henry makes it as he is walking down the aisle he realizes that he is in older version Henry dirt and unshaved but it doesn't matter because he gets a triumphant smile from Claire. For a while Henry travels back in time to his old room during his wedding. He comes back and finds himself saying his vows with and exchanging rings with Claire.
Saturday, December 24, 1988
It's Christmas Eve , Henry(40 year-old) has some food and reading material for Claire(27 year-old) he is waiting up at the reading room at Meadowlark House. It has been nine years since his other dies.He reflects on his various travels , when his mother was still alive. Henry was remembering his mother becoming a rising star on the opera scene when Clare enters. She wishes him "Merry Christmas," but Henry isn't in the mood. Henry tells Claire about this accident he had when he was 6 years-old with his mother, a car accident. He didn't die because of his time traveling. Henry and his mother were on their way to the airport to pick up his father. He travels to that moment often. He blames himself for his mother's death.
Saturday, December 24, 1988:
It's Christmas Eve and Henry(25 year-old) is all alone. His father doesn't want to be with him and his friends are with their families he buys a bottle of Schnapps. Henry wanders the streets of Chicago with no direction. While he is having dinner at the Berghoff, a warm, cozy family restaurant he wanders about death. He starts to think about his mother and on how dead people shall be remembered. He heads out to a lounge "Get Me High" and ordered a whisky. A few drinks later, Henry passes out and has to be taken to the hospital. He is asked if he has a death wish he replies with a "yes".
Saturday, April 8, 1989 :
Clare is hanging out with Grandma Meagram . Henry gave her a dates list which made Claire realize it will be a 2 years until she sees Henry again.They both realize how much they like each other. She goes out on a walk with the grandmother and Henry pops out of no where. Claire's grandmother is blind but she can feel Henry's presence, so Claire introduces him as the friend Henry who she told her grandma about. Grandma ask if she can touch Henry's face , as she does she concludes that he isn't a boy. Grandma tell Henry that he has promised to marry Claire but he hasn't proposed neither has he asked to meet her parents. Henry tells grandma he will but in time he then disappears Claire explains his situation to grandma she concludes that he is a bad husband.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, December 24, 25, 26,1991:
Henry(28 year-old) and Claire(20 year-old) are on their way to Meadowlark House to celebrate Christmas with Claire's family. He is nervous about meeting her family in "real time". Claire feels better with present Henry.Stress seems to be the number one trigger for his time traveling. Running, meditation, and sex help him to stay in the present. Most of the time when he time travels it's about his past not his future. He likes it better that way. As soon as they get to Claire's house the housekeeper and the cook welcome the couple. Claire shows Henry her room he is yet to feel nothing because he knows nothing. They are separated by how they are given different rooms. At lunch time he meets the rest of the family including the parents. Henry is asked about his parents. Everyone is awed to find out that his father is a renowned violinist and that his mother was the famous singer Annette DeTamble. Henry is told that he will be fed well because he is too thin. Claire and Henry go to the meadow where they first met , but Henry dosnt remember it. r room. At night, the entire family is attending Catholic mass, he feels uncomfortable because the last time he was at a church was because of his moms death. The last time he attended a religious service was for his mother's death. During the sermon he went to the restroom he thought he was going to time travel because of stress. He prays to god and ask him to let him stay but he suddenly disappears and reappears again to t he church were Claire had been waiting.
Sunday, May 24, 1992 :
Claire(21 year-old) and Henry (28 year-old) have been having a lot of sexual inter course. She stops him because she thinks its too much. Henry then pops the question and ask her to marry him. She replies whit a yes.
Sunday, September 5, 1993 :
Claire ( 22 year-old) is afraid that on their wedding day Henry (30 year-old) will disappear. Henry considers drugs. Claire refuses because she believes he isn't sick , he tells her how in love he is with her because she has the ability to adore his awful flaws. He does end up taking drugs later on in the week. He is found lying on the floor by Claire she tells him on how he shall not take no more drugs he agrees.
Saturday, May 9, 1992:
Henry(28 year-old) ask his father for his marriage rings so he can give them to claire when he purposes. He is informed that his dad hasn't been doing to well. Drinking too much alcohol has made him incapable of playing the cello.Henry tells his father he will purpose to Claire his father replies with "who would marry you?". Henry begins to describe Claire. He tells him on how his mother would have liked it for Claire to have the wedding rings and o how he has been time traveling to her. He tells his father how he wished he would have met him when he was happy with Henry's mother. His dad warms up and gives him the wedding rings.
Saturday, October 23, 1993 :
Both Henry(30 year-old) and Claire(22 year-old) panic on their wedding day. Henry prats ask ask god to let him stay. Claire is freaked out by a dream she had , she was a mermaid and she couldn't marry Henry. Henry goes for a run to calm down while Claire is worried that her stylist will do something hideous to her hair or face. Before the wedding Henry and Claire find themselves having sex. As Henry is putting his tuxedo he finds himself being 38 year-old Henry , walking down Highway 12 , two miles away from Claire's hometown. At a gas station he sees the days paper and starts to run home to Claire. Claire is ready surrounded by her bridesmaids. Henry makes it as he is walking down the aisle he realizes that he is in older version Henry dirt and unshaved but it doesn't matter because he gets a triumphant smile from Claire. For a while Henry travels back in time to his old room during his wedding. He comes back and finds himself saying his vows with and exchanging rings with Claire.
MY OPINON:
So far my opinion on this book is that is is very interesting it is also sad. This book is interesting because of the amazing moments it talks about. The book might be long but its worth reading. This book is the meaning of AWESOME because it tells about a disorder i had need heard about. Many of the stories shared in this book can really happen to anyone, and this book teaches a lot. The Time Travelers Wife is interesting, amusing, amazing, and a sad book.
PREDICTIONS:
I think that in the middle or the end Claire and Henry will end up Married. They will end up having a real nice and healthy relationship. They will end up being a couple. Eventually people will find out about Henry's time traveling disorder. People will realize that he isn't crazy or that Claire lies. everyone will recognize that his disorder makes him special.
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