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The Time Travelers Wife offers a different approach to the typical time-travel story. In this novel, author Audrey Niffenegger decides to wrap time travel around a love story, focusing on how a husband and wife cope with unexpected time travel. Henry has been diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a malady which regularly resets his genetic clock. Tossed like a leaf on the waves of time, Henry's adventures allow listeners to contemplate the concepts of past and future and how both shape who we are. Bridging a range of emotions, the author offers a most satisfying look at enduring love through various stages of life.