I am in love with this book.

The Time Traveler’s Wife is the most unusual, imaginative story I have read in a LONG time. It really is different, and in a wonderful, crazy, thought-provoking way. Go read it right now!

The basic premise of the book is that Henry has a genetic disorder that causes him to pop in and out of the present, more or less at random. He lives his life in a linear way, but in fact, he goes back and forth in time to encounter himself and other people both in the past and in the future. The novel, however, doesn’t follow Henry’s life that way. It follows the linear life of Clare, Henry’s wife. Narration moves back and forth between Henry and Clare.

Henry, incidently, is a hipster librarian who specializes in rare books and manuscripts in an academic library. Clare is an artist, specializing in handmade papers and paper sculpture. What could be more eccentric and charming?

I don’t want to give away any plot points — the book is too interesting, and besides, Henry has a pretty strict policy against telling people what’s going to happen in their future, and since yours should include reading this book, I’ll keep with his policy against telling any details about your future.