The binding /
Collins, Bridget,
The binding / Bridget Collins. - London : The Borough Press, 2019. - 438 ; 23 cm.
Scheduled to be published December 2018.
Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin an apprenticeship. He will work for a Bookbinder, a vocation that arouses fear, superstition and prejudice - but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.He will learn to hand-craft beautiful volumes, and within each he will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If there's something you want to forget, he can help. If there's something you need to erase, he can assist. Your past will be stored safely in a book and you will never remember your secret, however terrible. In a vault under his mentor's workshop, row upon row of books - and memories - are meticulously stored and recorded. Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of them has his name on it. THE BINDING is an unforgettable, magical novel: a boundary-defying love story and a unique literary event.
0008288593 9780008288594 (tpb) 9780008272111 (hbk) 0008272115
GBB8K0798 bnb
019113736 Uk
Secrets--Fiction.
Memories--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Bookbinders--Fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Memories--Fiction.
Bookbinding--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Magic--Fiction.
Memory--Fiction.
Social classes--England--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--19th century--Fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction).
Fantasy fiction.
Historical fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction).
823.92
The binding / Bridget Collins. - London : The Borough Press, 2019. - 438 ; 23 cm.
Scheduled to be published December 2018.
Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin an apprenticeship. He will work for a Bookbinder, a vocation that arouses fear, superstition and prejudice - but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.He will learn to hand-craft beautiful volumes, and within each he will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If there's something you want to forget, he can help. If there's something you need to erase, he can assist. Your past will be stored safely in a book and you will never remember your secret, however terrible. In a vault under his mentor's workshop, row upon row of books - and memories - are meticulously stored and recorded. Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of them has his name on it. THE BINDING is an unforgettable, magical novel: a boundary-defying love story and a unique literary event.
0008288593 9780008288594 (tpb) 9780008272111 (hbk) 0008272115
GBB8K0798 bnb
019113736 Uk
Secrets--Fiction.
Memories--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Bookbinders--Fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
Memories--Fiction.
Bookbinding--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Magic--Fiction.
Memory--Fiction.
Social classes--England--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--19th century--Fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction).
Fantasy fiction.
Historical fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction).
823.92
