Author: Gelfuso, Hayley
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 6 August 2026 by ATLANTIC BOOKS in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 400 pages
197 x 129 x 26 | 276g
A sweeping, cinematic historical fantasy for fans of The Ministry of Time, The Midnight Library and The Book Thief.
'If you loved The Ministry of Time, you'll adore this!' SUN ON SUNDAY'Cold-war spy thriller, soaring fantasy and heart-rending romance' IRISH INDEPENDENT'An astounding debut' Jamie FordNuremberg, 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...
Unputdownable and completely breath-taking, this heart-rending fantasy is perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Matt Haig and Philip PullmanReaders are loving The Book of Lost Hours'Truly such an incredible book''It soars because of the characters''Hard to put down''Clever, beautiful, genre-bending''A fabulous debut'