An Ocean of Minutes

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Lim has it all she s fearless, smart and writes like a dream This is a novel I ve been waiting for extraordinary Junot D az, author of This Is How You Lose Her The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoAmerica is in the grip of a deadly flu When Frank gets sick, his girlfriend Polly will do whatever it takes to save him She agrees to a radical plan time travel has been invented in the future to thwart the virus If she signs up for a one way trip into the future to work as a bonded labourer, the company will pay for the life saving treatment Frank needs Polly promises to meet Frank again in Galveston, Texas, where she will arrive in twelve years.But when Polly is re routed an extra five years into the future, Frank is nowhere to be found Alone in a changed and divided America, with no status and no money, Polly must navigate a new life and find a way to locate Frank, to discover if he is alive, and if their love has endured An Ocean of Minutes is a time machine into the future of this moment Gripping and graceful, it s dystopian love story as told by a visionary Thea Lim s debut reads like the birth of a legend Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Pym Read An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim – kino-fada.fr I really loved this new take on the time travel alternative history story, which is actually really a love storythan anything else In 1981, young lovers Frank and Polly, who are from Buffalo in New York State, are visiting Galveston in Texas when a deadly virus hits, killing thousands When Frank contracts the disease, it transpires that treatment is available, but it s very expensive A company cal...An Ocean of Minutes is a wonderfully crafted story about love, independence, and reality Lim captures the essence of young idealized love and weaves it into a story about heartbreak, loss, and the lengths people are willing to go for the ones they love.An Ocean of Minutes focuses on Polly as she is thrust into a new life to save the man she loves, Frank In order to escape the flu pandemic and save Frank, Polly agrees to travel twelve years into the future and work for TimeRaiser Once she arri An Ocean of Minutes is a wonderfully crafted story about love, independence, and reality Lim c...Dec 6, 2017Can t wait to read this So proud of you, Auntie Thea2.5 stars HmmmI m thinking this is one of those books that could have been amazing but wasn t. I m a huge fan of dystopian sci fi and I love time travel stories, but An Ocean of Minutes was quite disappointing as a whole For the record, I did not see any similarity with Station Eleven except that both stories involved a flu pandemic And there was no comparison between this story and The Time Traveller s Wife which is one of my favourite books of all time.except that they both include ti 2.5 stars HmmmI m thinking this is one of those books that could have been amazing but wasn t. I m a huge fan of dystopian sci fi and I love time travel stories, but An Ocean of Minutes was quite disappointing as a whole For the record, I did not see any similarity with Station Eleven except that both stories involved a flu pandemic And there was no comparison between this story and The Time Traveller s Wife which is one of my favourite books of all time.except that they both include time travel and a love sto...Truly a must read for fans of Station Eleven Thea is an exceptionally talented writer to watch.This gripping debut novel impressed me to no end as Thea Lim seamlessly weaves between Polly s wonderful past with Frank and her present harsh reality with suspense till the very last pageI received this book as an ARC and sat down and read it all in about 2.5 hours so clearly it s good It s marketed for fans of station eleven my favorite book of all time and it s KIND OF like that But not really A book about a deadly flu pandemic, juxtaposed against the advent of timetravelling, it kind of combines the flu elements of station eleven with the time traveling romance of the time traveller s wife It s definitely extremely entertaining, very readable, and a solid 4 stars I wou I received this book as an ARC and sat down and read it all in about 2.5 hours so clearly it s good It s marketed for fans of station eleven my favorite book of all time and it s KIND OF like that But not really A book about a deadly flu pandemic, juxtaposed against the advent of timetravelling, it kind of combines the flu elements of station eleven with the time traveling romance o...

An Ocean of Minutes
  • 22 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 1501192558
  • Thea Lim
  • An Ocean of Minutes