Audrey Niffenegger’s debut novel is a story of a man who slips in and out of linear time yet manages against heavy odds to have a spectacularly rich relationship with an artist willing to take the risk. The characters are drawn to perfection and what sounds like sci-fi is anything but. This promising young author’s powers of observation are so acute that I found myself dragging my feet (reading slower!) in order not to miss them for want of finding out what came next. You’ll wonder, at first, about this metaphor of time travel. That she manages to pull it off is testament to a great new talent.

I was very sorry when it ended but totally thrilled by the experience.

–Sean Coakley