Outlander By Diana Gabaldon
From the book description:
"Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another...
In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon--when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an "outlander"—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord...1743.
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire's destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden Castle Leoch. She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life ...and shatter her heart. For here, James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire...and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives."
From the book description:
"Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another...
In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon--when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an "outlander"—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord...1743.
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire's destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden Castle Leoch. She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life ...and shatter her heart. For here, James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire...and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives."
This is a book I have wanted to either listen to or read for quite a long time but since it is so long I needed a time when I had the time to devote to it. I should not have worried about not having time. This is a book that makes time for itself. I would actually leave for work five minutes early so I could sit in the parking lot at work and listen to just a few more minutes. And I left it on and in my ear when I walked out and got the mail when I returned to my driveway at night and then would (really) make a bee line to the treadmill so I could listen awhile longer by walking a mile and a half. I wore my IPOD and listened to unload the dishwasher, to iron and to fold clothes. Although there have been times an ending of a book has caused me to listen after getting out of the car this is the first book that has had me not wanting to stop listening from the very beginning.
The story begins just after WWII when a couple who have been separated due to her being a nurse for the soldiers and him being a soldier are on their second honeymoon. Not too far into the book she falls into a time portal and is transported to the mid 1700s. What follows is an adventure story, a love story, and a historical novel. Between the blood and gore are steamy love making scenes with characters that capture the readers heart.
Outlander is book one of a series and I do intend to eventually either read or listen to them all. The story ended in such a way that very much left me wanting to begin the next in the series.
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The story begins just after WWII when a couple who have been separated due to her being a nurse for the soldiers and him being a soldier are on their second honeymoon. Not too far into the book she falls into a time portal and is transported to the mid 1700s. What follows is an adventure story, a love story, and a historical novel. Between the blood and gore are steamy love making scenes with characters that capture the readers heart.
Outlander is book one of a series and I do intend to eventually either read or listen to them all. The story ended in such a way that very much left me wanting to begin the next in the series.
Click on the title of the book and the author's name to follow the links to learn more.
