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Time Travel for Beginners

by Jaclyn Moriarty

A time-travel agency in Sydney

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer by Goodreads

    Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer by Goodreads.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A time-travel agency in Sydney

A Sydney storefront offers journeys into the past, from visits to historical events to encounters with personal memories. Its rules promise that these trips cannot alter the present, but the question of whether the agency is genuine—and what its offer might cost—hangs over the premise. The novel brings together Anna, a single mother offered a job there; Teddy, seeking clarity after his marriage collapses; and Jade, who distrusts the agency and carries a hidden secret. Their separate reasons for engaging with time travel connect the speculative setup to questions about memory, regret, and the moments that shape a life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in time-travel fiction grounded in personal histories and relationships
  • Readers who enjoy novels that bring multiple characters’ lives into contact
  • Readers curious about stories involving memory, regret, and consequential choices

Themes

Time travelMemory and regretLife-changing choicesMarriage and family

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Book overview

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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