The Book of Lost Hours

A sweeping, cinematic love story about memory and community for fans of The Ministry of Time, The Midnight Library and The Book Thief.
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'A love story that defies the boundaries of time, memory and reality' Patti Callahan Henry
'The Book of Lost Hours performs actual magic' Daria Lavelle
'An astounding debut' Jamie Ford
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Nuremberg, 1938. Lisavet Levy's watchmaker father saves her from the Nazis by pushing her through a mysterious doorway. There, she discovers the Time Space - a vast, magical library where the memories of everyone who has ever lived are stored in books. Her father promises to follow, but he never comes.

Trapped in the library, she encounters timekeepers, who decide whose memories survive and whose are destroyed.

Lisavet tries to save as many memories as she can, but when she falls in love with a timekeeper, the whole course of history could be at stake...

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Readers are loving The Book of Lost Hours

'I loved this one!'
'It soars because of the characters'
'Hard to put down'
'Clever, beautiful, genre-bending'
'A fabulous debut'

About the author

Hayley Gelfuso is an author and poet who works in the environmental non-profit sector. As a writer, she is drawn to stories of the wild and wonderful that are rooted in real world history and science. Her poetry about her experiences working in the conservation field has been published in the Plumwood Mountain Journal. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband.

Product details

• Authors: Hayley Gelfuso
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2025
• EAN: 9781805464761
• ISBN: 978-1-80546-476-1
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fantasy, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, FICTION / Romance / Action & Adventure, Historical fantasy, Magical Realism, Alternative history fiction