'Time to leave. We're going on an adventure together.' Sophie Pratman is quite confused!Volunteering at a retirement village in a small Highland town was never meant to be this odd or so fantastical.When one of the elderly residents, Amelia, reveals that she has lived for over a thousand years, Sophie suddenly doesn't know what to believe any more.Is Amelia Hawke really a time travelling life borrower?Or is she, as Amelia herself puts it, 'just a mad old bird.'?Whatever the truth is, one thing is for certain, Sophie's life will never be the same again.Blending dark humour, fantasy, history, and the transcendence of love, Holbrook invites readers on an unforgettable journey through centuries, lives, and worlds, where nothing is quite as it seems, and time itself is the ultimate adventure."A novel of dazzling originality-part adventure, part meditation on love, death, and the search for meaning across ages. Holbrook's voice is both wise and wonderfully mischievous.""A story that twists and turns through time and memory, The Love of Time is as funny as it is profound-a love letter to storytelling itself.""Epic, heartfelt, and often hilarious. If you ever wondered what it would be like to borrow a thousand lives and still find yourself searching for your soulmate, this is the book you've been waiting for."