Forgetting to Remember
Forgetting to Remember by MJ Rose
269 Pages
Publisher: Blue Box Press
Release Date: March 26, 2024
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Time Travel
It is 1947 and Mrs. Jeannine Maycroft is the Keeper of Metalworks at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her boss, Mr. Gibbons, the director of the museum, asks her to take a voluntary demotion so that Mr. Hugh Kenward can have her position now that he has returned from the war. Jeannine says no since she has more experience and has a bad history working with Hugh. He calls the two of them into his office and makes a challenge for them. Whoever makes the most successful Valentine’s Day display will have the position and the other will become head researcher.
Jeannine finds miniature eye portraits and believes they will help her win the challenge. Before she leaves the museum for the evening, she stops by her favorite painting. A man speaks to her. She was initially surprised by his presence. He claims to be Ashe Lloyd Lewis the actual painter but that is not possible. The painting was painted in 1864 and it is 1947. Jeannine does not know what is happening.
The book has a fast pace, the characters are somewhat developed, and it is written in the first-person point of view. There are mentions of the La Lune line of women that began with the author’s book, “The Witch of Painted Sorrows.” I loved that book and did not realize there were two others in the series before this book. Looking forward to reading those two soon. If you like time travel books like the Found Things series by Paula Brackston or the Rip in Time series by Kelley Armstrong, you will enjoy reading this book.
