Time Travel for Beginners

Name: Time Travel for Beginners
Brand: Berkley Books
SKU: 9780593820339
Price: 36.00 USD
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Biographical Note:
Jaclyn Moriarty is the award-winning author of books for readers of all ages. She has been the recipient of the NSW Premier's Literary Award, the Queensland Literary Award, and the Aurealis Award for Fantasy. Her books have been named Boston Globe Honor Books, White Raven selections and recognized by the American Library Association. A former media lawyer and one of the talented and popular Moriarty sisters (including Liane and Nicola), Jaclyn lives in Sydney, Australia, along with her teenage son.

Review Quotes:
"A truly amazing book! Time Travel for Beginners is absolutely gorgeous, smart, funny, deep, dreamy, and perfect. And it comes together beautifully at the end. It left my heart full and happy."-- Rachel Cohn, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

"I could wish I wrote it but then I wouldn't have had the pleasure of reading this truly extraordinary, exquisite novel. It's both hilarious and heart-breaking, thoughtful and compelling. It's hard for me (I'm the eldest) but I just have to say it, my sister is a literary genius.''-- Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Here One Moment

"An ingenious concept, beautifully told. I couldn't put it down."-- Libby Page, national bestselling author of This Book Made Me Think of You

"Jaclyn Moriarty is one of my most favourite writers EVER . . . Time Travel for Beginners is gorgeous. Profound, funny, human clever. About love, memory, choices and the paths not taken. I recommend it very highly."-- Marian Keyes, international bestselling author of Watermelon

"A joyfully sad, quietly clever, and loudly delightful time-travel novel. By turns a meditation on mourning, happiness, and the deep truths of living. Time Travel for Beginners only gets more delicious with every read."-- Justine Larbalestier and New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld, coauthors of The Mortons

"Oh, my heart. This book is propulsive, funny, life-affirming and gave me all the feels. I dare you to read it and not fall absolutely in love."-- Colleen Oakley, USA Today bestselling author of Jane and Dan at the End of the World

"Moriarty's latest novel is chock-full of whimsy, witty humor, high stakes, and immersive world building. Beneath the action, readers will find meaningful and transforming revelations about love, loss, and finding magic in the mundane." --Booklist

"A treat for anyone who needs a reminder that time can heal anything, even the human heart....This gently eccentric tale of familial challenges will delight fans of Matt Haig and TJ Klune."-- Kirkus Reviews

"This book floored me in the gentlest of ways. It was imaginative, original and utterly engrossing from start to finish. From its uniquely likeable characters to its intricately woven plot, I loved absolutely everything about it. If you are drawn to books which convince you that the seemingly impossible is utterly plausible, this one is for you."-- Amelia Ireland, author of The Seven O'Clock Club

"A very rare treasure. Funny and compelling and rich, it is also a wise reflection on regret and the ways we carry the past with us. It's absolutely magnificent."-- Kathryn Heyman, critically acclaimed author of Circle of Wonders

"In this brilliant novel of interwoven lives, Jaclyn Moriarty explores the very nature of reality in a story so filled with love, humor, and mouthwatering descriptions of chocolate cake that I couldn't put it down."-- Laura Bloom, critically acclaimed author of The Women and the Girls

"With compelling characters, a baffling mystery, and an ending that even savvy readers will not see coming, Moriarty's latest is a winner that explores fate and how we are all connected."-- First Clue

"Moriarty's novel has charm, especially between Anna and Teddy, and depth, with its encouragement to look toward the future, not the past."-- Library Journal

"A warm and gentle story about figuring out love and life." --Modern Mrs. Darcy

Praise for Jaclyn Moriarty

"It is astonishingly wonderful and magical and moving and uplifting and different ... an instant classic ... It literally might be my most favorite book of all time."-- Marian Keyes

"I loved this book. Funny, heartbreaking and clever with a mystery at its heart."-- Jojo Moyes

"A thoughtful, beautifully written, truly original, and often hilarious meditation on loss, hope, the self-help industry, and the difficulties of navigating life on earth."-- Emily St. John Mandel

"A beautiful, lyrical curiosity of a book. It's about loss and hope, but it's deliciously funny, too, and the writing is so fantastic I found myself reading passages out loud just to savor them."-- Beth O'Leary

"Clever and magical."-- Women's Weekly

"This unusual novel tugs at the heartstrings."-- Good Housekeeping

"With an eye as keen for human idiosyncrasies as Miranda July's, and a sense of humor as bright and surprising as Maria Semple's, this is a novel of pure velocity."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review

Publisher Marketing:
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER BY PEOPLE, GOODREADS, SHEREADS, BUZZFEED, AND SOUTHERN LIVING

In her dazzling new novel, award-winning author Jaclyn Moriarty asks the question, if you could revisit one moment in your life, what would it be?

On a bustling road in Sydney, Australia, lies a nondescript storefront known simply as the Time Travel Agency. Inside, you'll be welcomed by the smell of fresh-brewed coffee, a selection of baked goods...and the question, Where in time do you wish to go?

The guidelines are simple: you can go whenever you wish into the past, and there's no fear of altering the present. Have tea with Jane Austen, scream at a Beatles concert, witness the Olympics in ancient Greece. Perhaps a more personal trip? Visit your long-lost grandmother, recapture the heady days of your youth, return to the idyllic time when your teen was a babbling baby--or watch yourself make the one decision that changed everything.

Is it a hoax? And if it's real, what's the catch?

When single mother Anna is offered a job at the agency, she glimpses the possibility of happiness. Meanwhile, Teddy's a customer hoping to untangle his recently imploded marriage. And Jade, who has a deeply buried secret, despises the agency for offering false hope.

In Jaclyn Moriarty's incandescent novel, Anna, Teddy, and Jade leap headlong into time, hurtling on a crash course toward one another. At turns entertaining and illuminating, Time Travel for Beginners explores the moments, big and small, that shape our destiny.

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