Anne's daughter has transformed from a happy child to a difficult teenager who's keeping secrets. Jade suffers from writer's block while her daughter is getting in trouble at school. Teddy is in the middle of a breakup - his wife left with his brother. These people and others are drawn to the promise offered by the Time Travel Agency, a tiny storefront in Sydney that lets you visit any previous time, from distant history to a moment in your own past. Can these troubled people find answers and reach some closure? Is it really time travel? What are the consequences of trying to change the past?
Time Travel for Beginners is more than a literary spin on a classic science fiction trope. The novel offers a vision of something we all hope for - a glimpse into the scenes we're missing from our relationships, a hint about those details we don't know that cause things to go wrong - but also the dangerous obsession of wishing that things had happened differently. Both fanciful and grounded in the often painful realities of life, this is a story about love, loss, and how to move on. - Michelle (Sunset)
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