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The time travelers wife audrey niffennegger youtube. I read the book in paper when it first came out and just listened to it again. Henry meets clare for the first time when she is twenty and he is twentyeight. Thats not to say that its perfect or a work of fiction that will change the face of american literature, but i found it very. The time traveler s wife 2009 official trailer rachel mcadams movie hd when henry detamble meets clare abshire in a chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveler, but she. At about 550 pages, its a longer read than one would expect, and niffenegger takes advantage of this length. It only takes an instant, you have just enough time to try to hold on, to flail around possibly damaging yourself or valuable possessions and then you are skidding across the forest green.
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