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Pub Date 6 Nov 2025 | Archive Date 16 Nov 2025

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Description

Escape through time.

Save their stories.

Make people remember.

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...

Readers are loving The Book of Lost Hours!

'‘What a FANTASTIC book! Interdimensional libraries, Cold War espionage, and time travel? Yes, please!'

‘Finishing the book left a hole in my heart’

‘I want to rate this book infinity stars’

'Clever, beautiful, genre-bending'

'A fabulous debut'

Escape through time.

Save their stories.

Make people remember.

Nuremberg, 1938. Lisavet Levy's watchmaker father saves her from the Nazis by pushing her through a mysterious doorway. There, she...


Advance Praise

'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

'Gelfuso seamlessly blends elements of romance and fantasy into the twisty quest narrative, and packs excitement into every page. It's a delight' Publishers Weekly

'Book clubs, fans of Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time, and readers who enjoy books about magical libraries will find much to enjoy and discuss in this intriguing novel' Booklist

'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

'Gelfuso...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781805464754
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 400

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