This Time Tomorrow

Before she discovers time travel, what are Alice’s most prominent characterizations and conflicts? Does this change with time travel? How does this change or lack of change propel character development?

Analyze how Leonard’s role as a science-fiction author informs Alice’s character development.

Why doesn’t Alice stay in the versions of her life in which she’s married to Tommy and has children? What does this reveal about Alice?

What role does Sam play in this novel? How is she important, and how does she help Alice’s character development? Explore whether, and how, time travel has changed their bond by the end of the book.

What is Straub’s message about the importance of father-daughter relationships? Choose at least three moments from the novel to support your reasoning.

Alice wonders if staying in the same city she grew up in and working in the same school she was educated in has prevented her growth. By the end of the novel, what is Alice’s view on whether change engenders growth and if growth is possible in perceived stasis?

Why does Alice’s time traveling bring her back and forth between age 16 and age 40? What is significant about these ages?

Why does Alice ultimately give up traveling through time? How does this inform her character development?