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The binding

Collins, Bridget2019
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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.
Main title:
The binding / Bridget Collins.
Imprint:
London : The Borough Press, 2019.
Collation:
438 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780008272142 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
2856500
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