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Life Out of Order

by Audrey Niffenegger

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Reception

  1. 2026
    Chicago Review of Books

    Reviewed by Angie Raney, 6 October

  • Chicago Review of Books · 6 October 2026

    Time Travel, Dystopia, and the Ethics of Knowing What Comes Next in “Life Out of Order”

    Life Out of Order is the long-awaited sequel to Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 bestselling debut novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife. The story follows Alba DeTamble, daughter of the previous novel’s time-traveling librarian, Henry DeTamble. Alba, having been diagnosed with the same Chrono-Displacement…

    By Angie Raney

    Read at Chicago Review of Books (opens in a new tab)

About the author

Audrey Niffenegger, born 1963, United States.

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Catalogue record

Penguin Random House NZ

Publisher
Penguin Random House NZ
ISBN
978-1-78733-677-3
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Publisher
Penguin Random House NZ
ISBN
  • 978-1-78733-677-3
Author
Niffenegger, Audrey, 1963–
Statement
Life Out of Order / Audrey Niffenegger.
Records
Open Library