But while Seredith is an artisan, there are others of their kind, avaricious and amoral tradesman who use their talents for dark ends-and just as Emmett begins to settle into his new circumstances, he makes an astonishing discovery: one of the books has his name on it. In a vault under his mentor's workshop rows upon rows of books are meticulously stored. Within the pages of the books they create, secrets are concealed and the past is locked away. If there's something you need to erase, they can assist. If there's something you want to forget, a binder can help. Within each one they will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. Under the old woman's watchful eye, Emmett learns to hand-craft the elegant leather-bound volumes. Bookbinding is a sacred calling, Seredith informs her new apprentice, and he is a binder born. For as long as he can recall, Emmett has been drawn to books, even though they are strictly forbidden. He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder-a vocation that arouses fear, superstition, and prejudice amongst their small community, but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.
Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. Spellbinding." - TRACY CHEVALIER Imagine you could erase grief.Imagine you could remove pain.Imagine you could hide the darkest, most horrifying secret.Forever. A rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Proclaimed as "truly spellbinding," a "great fable" that "functions as transporting romance" by the Guardian, the runaway #1 international bestseller arrives in America.
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