Set in the very near future in New Zealand this unconventional romance tells the story of one woman's comic and tragic quest for love in all the wrong places. When Eleanor volunteers to take part in a mysterious science project at Auckland University she could never imagine the unexpected and life changing results. At turns funny, dark, moving and whimsical The Girl Who Could Stop Time tells a tale no doubt familiar to many who have reached a point in their lives where they thought everything would make sense - only to find it just gets weirder