The Library of Unfinished Lives

By Marie Bongiovano

Sixteen-year-old Iris Moreau lives in a quiet town where nothing ever changes, haunted by the disappearance of her mother when she was a child. While browsing the city's oldest bookstore, she discovers a hidden entrance to an ancient library filled with books that are anything but ordinary. Each book contains the untold life of someone who vanished without a trace. To her shock, Iris finds a book with her mother's name on the cover. As she opens it, she is pulled into the pages and experiences the moments leading up to her mother's vanishing.

Inside the book, Iris relives her mother's final days and learns about a strange order of memory-keepers who protect the town's secrets. She discovers that her mother was close to uncovering the truth behind the town's history before she disappeared. Iris realizes that the deeper she reads, the more she risks being noticed by the same force that erased her mother. Determined to find answers, she continues to step into the memories, uncovering clues that reveal the memory-keepers' role in erasing those who know too much.

As Iris pieces together the truth, she finds herself entangled with the memory-keepers, who warn her of the consequences of her search. They reveal that the town exists on borrowed time and that she must choose between rewriting the past or preserving the fragile balance that keeps the town intact. Despite the danger, Iris decides to risk everything to bring her mother back. With the memory-keepers closing in, she rewrites the critical moment that led to her mother's disappearance, altering the course of their lives.

In the end, Iris emerges from the book to find her mother alive, with the town changed yet still standing. However, she realizes that the cost of rewriting the past is that she no longer remembers the journey she took. Though she has lost the memories of her search, she gains a new life with her mother and a deeper understanding of the town's mysteries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F2HXR62J
• ISBN13: 9798314742204
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"