The Book of Lost Hours

FOR WHOM WOULD YOU REWRITE HISTORY?

Access to the mysterious "timeland," a vast library filled with books containing the memories of those who have passed away, is gained through special watches, once family heirlooms now under government control. There, in 1938, eleven-year-old Elisabet Levy is trapped, waiting for her watchmaker father to come and get her. As years pass, she grows up among books and ghosts, gaining the ability to see the world through the memories of others. When she discovers that agents are destroying books to control History, she decides to save what she can, creating her own book of memories. Until the appearance of American spy Ernest Dicken changes her life and the course of timeland.

Years later, in 1965, sixteen-year-old Amelia Dicken mourns the death of her uncle Ernest when a CIA agent recruits her to find the lost book he was searching for. Her first visit to timeland reveals that the past and truth are not as linear as she believed.

THE BOOK OF LOST HOURS is a fascinating story about time, memory, and the sacrifices we make for those we love, ideal for those who loved Midnight at the Library and The Ministry of Time.