The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin

“When I wasn’t reading The Forgetting Time, I was itching to return to it. And when I was reading it, my mind was exploding with questions about what’s possible, what’s probable, and how our lives are caught between the two. Provocative, evocative, and fresh, Guskin’s book is an explosive debut.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time

“What if what you did mattered more because life happened again and again, consequences unfolding across decades and continents? This question is at the heart of Sharon Guskin’s luminous novel.  The Forgetting Time is about memory and forgetting, grieving and letting go, and the lengths a mother will go to for her child. It is both a relentlessly paced page-turner and a profound meditation on the meaning of life.”  —Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan Train

“The Forgetting Time is a magical, wise, page-turner of a novel that brings to mind the early work of Alice Hoffman. I absolutely loved it. A very moving, soulful, and beautifully-made debut.” —Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of Devotion

A mother gets a call from school that she needs to come in to discuss her young son’s behavior—he is saying inappropriate things, dark things that concern his teacher.  A professor of psychology gets a diagnosis of aphasia and, before his body fully betrays him, sets his sights on a case-study that will repair his reputation in his field.  A mother’s young son has been missing for eight years when three strangers show up on her doorstop and change everything.

The Forgetting Time is a captivating, thought-provoking novel that explores what we regret in the end of our lives, hope for in the beginning, and everything in between.  In equal parts a mystery and a testament to the profound connection between a child and parent, The Forgetting Time marks the debut of a major new talent.