Havana - 1900 - Eva Fuentes is a young teacher who becomes part of the Cuban summer school at Harvard. It’s a cultural exchange where Cuban teachers are sent to Harvard to learn American educational practices and customs. She falls in love but is her suitor truly the man of her dreams? She is forever changed by her time in the United States. She writes a fictional book about her experiences entitled A Time for Forgetting.
Havana - 1966 - Pilar is a librarian who is entrusted with a special book by a neighbor who is fleeing Castro’s Cuba. The mission is to keep the book safe and return it to its author. She reads the book and is forever changed by it. The book is A Time for Forgetting by Eva Fuentes.
London - 2024 - Margo’s business is to track down valuable items for clients. Her latest job is one of the most difficult ones she has ever encountered. She has to find a rare book that not only her client desperately wants, but several others desire it as well. It’s entitled A Time for Forgetting by Eva Fuentes.
This book features three intelligent, strong, lonely women facing adversity who are connected by one book. What is the secret of this book that has so many people looking for it, with some even willing to kill for it. What is its power?
This book has a little of everything in it: romance, mystery, murder, history, and strong female characters. I was totally enraptured by the intriguing, endearing characters, and the whole story had me riveted until the very last page. This is a story about the power of books and the impact they can have on a person. It’s about having the right book when you need it the most.
The last line of this book is “There are special books that come around once in your lifetime, books that change lives. This one changed mine.” I felt this way about The Lost story of Eva Fuentes and you might very well too.
Reviewed by Christina Crocker
September 30, 2025
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