Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #150 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 518 pages

Evening Standard
‘A rare book'

Daily Express, Chosen by Amanda Holden
I could not put this book down. I was enthralled...

Zembla magazine, Dec 2003
'Quite simply stunning - sensitive, inventive, original and todl with a mature and evenly weighed style'

Customer Reviews

Amazing!!I
Simply put, this is the one book I recommend to anyone who's willing to listen!

Slow to start, but worth sticking with
I tried to start this book a number of times and found it quite hard to get into. But based on so many good reviews, I decided to persist and am so glad that I did. The idea for the book is so original, that the time travelling aspect could have taken over the story. But it is primarily a love story, following Clare and Henry's unconventional relationship. I can highly recommend this book, its definitely worth all the praise.

Interesting idea, but far, far too long = boredom!
I realise here that I'm in the minority but one should speak as they find. The idea behind the book was interesting, but the story itself just completely failed to engage me. It's unusual for me to give up on a book but I just couldn't finish this! It's basically a series of anecdotes and meetings concerning a man who travels randomly back in time and meets his future partner as she grows up. An interesting idea, but unfortunately that was about as far as it went. The scenes themselves lacked any interest for me and the story was extremely slow in going anywhere. If it had been a shorter book that had a bit more pace it may have held my interest. Apologies to the vast swathes of fans, but I found this a very tedious read!