Lisa Grunwald's Time After Time brings to life the vibrant, bustling metropolis of Terminal City--also known as Grand Central Terminal--in the early to mid-20th century. In this city-within-a-city in December of 1937, Joe Reynolds meets the young, beautiful Nora Lansing and agrees to walk her home. But when she disappears--literally--just a few blocks outside of Grand Central, Joe and Nora find themselves caught up in a love story that challenges the bounds of time and place.
Nora and Joe build an impossible life together, bound by the walls of Grand Central and defined by the many things they cannot do together: walk outside, travel, visit Joe's family in Queens. This story is compelling, true, but what makes the novel stand out from other missed-connection romances is the incredible history of the transit station. "Old and new photographs of Grand Central looked practically identical, and people often spoke about the place being timeless.... But to anyone who knew it well, the terminal was filled with time." This time is apparent on every page as Grunwald reveals the hidden world of one of New York City's most enduring buildings, packed with secret rooms and hidden layers, unseen machinations and subtle details, an indelible part of the cityscape, both past and present. --Kerry McHugh, blogger at Entomology of a Bookworm