und mit Geistesstärke tu ich Wunder auch by leiascully (PG)
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Title: und mit Geistesstärke tu ich Wunder auch
Fandom: The Time Traveler's Wife
Pairing: Alba (with Alba/OMC)
Categories: Time travel, family, growing up
Length: medium (3,249 words)
Warnings: Although there's no direct mention of Henry's death, it's clear Clare is grieving for him.
Author on LJ: leiascully
Author Website:
leiascully
Author's Summary: Alba loves time traveling.
Review:
This story of Alba, Clare and Henry's daughter, has stuck with me for years. It's bittersweet and full of the beauty Alba's grandmother sings about: love and loss and joy. From telling her younger self she lost their virginity, to meeting her grandchildren before her husband, Alba grows up as a traveler in time in a way that's kinder than her father's fate. 'Travelers' are better understood, and, though not without its dangers, slipping through time is safer than it used to be.
I particularly love Alba's scenes with herself, and the ways she helps raise her younger selves along the way. Seeing her father is a rare and happy accident, and Clare is a loving mother, but she's never fully recovered from Henry's death and can't understand or think of time in the same way Alba does.
Leiscully takes us through Alba's life from childhood to old age in little snippets that are much like Alba's time travels. My favorite is the opera scene at the end where so many phases of her life come together.
und mit Geistesstärke tu ich Wunder auch
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