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The Book of Lost Hours

By Hayley Gelfuso

These book club questions are from Allen & Unwin.

Book club questions for The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.

What did you think of the concept of the time space? Did you imagine it as comforting, haunting or something in between?
Lisavet’s father promises to follow her but doesn’t. How does this absence shape her journey?
Which era of the novel (Germany, America or the time space) felt most vivid to you and why?
The timekeepers decide whose memories survive. Do you think some memories should be forgotten, or is all memory worth preserving?
How does Lisavet’s personal struggle mirror broader struggles with history, trauma and resilience in the 20th century?
How does the blend of historical fiction and magical realism deepen the novel’s impact? Would the story have worked as well without the fantasy element?
Did the ending satisfy you? Why or why not?
If you could step into the time space, whose memories would you want to read?

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