Synopsis
A Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Sharon Guskin's The Forgetting Time is a gripping yet heartfelt mystery and a beautiful tale of the bond between mother and child.
Noah is a little boy who knows things he shouldn't and remembers things he should have forgotten. Because as well as being a four-year-old called Noah, he remembers being a nine-year-old called Tommy.
He remembers his house.
His family.
His mother.
And now he wants to go home.
Two boys. Two mothers.
One unforgettable story . . .
'When I wasn't reading Sharon Guskin's The Forgetting Time, I was itching to return to it' – Jodi Picoult, author of Small Great Things.
Details
11 February 2016
288 pages
9781509806829
Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
“When I wasn't reading The Forgetting Time, I was itching to return to it. Provocative, evocative, and fresh, Guskin's book is an explosive debut”Jodi Picoult
“A beautiful tale of the bond between a mother and her young son as well as a gripping mystery . . . Reading The Forgetting Time becomes a personal journey as you try to remember all that you've forgotten”Diane Chamberlain
“A truly remarkable, dizzying and exquisite page-turner”Téa Obreht
“The Forgetting Time is about memory and forgetting, grieving and letting go, and the lengths a mother will go to for her child”Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan Train
