![]() ![]() Amongst the books of peoples memories in Seredith’s vault is a book with his own name on, just what has he had wiped? He is not sure why he has been chosen, but book binding is a vocation, something you are born to do Binding peoples memories and fears, wiping their memories, and giving them a second chance. After a long period of ill health, Emmett Farmer is sent to be apprenticed to book binder, Seredith, out in the marshes. Not set in any particular period, but obviously historical in setting, it is a time where books are seen as suspicious and those who make them witches or magicians. Recently released in paperback, and Waterstones Book of the Month, The Binding is a magical and spellbinding read. Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of them has his name on it. In a vault under his mentor’s workshop, row upon row of books – and memories – are meticulously stored and recorded. ![]() Your past will be stored safely in a book and you will never remember your secret, however terrible. If there’s something you need to erase, he can assist. If there’s something you want to forget, he can help. He will learn to hand-craft beautiful volumes, and within each he will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. 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. 2019)Įmmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin an apprenticeship. Publisher: The Borough Press 01 edition (26 Dec. ![]()
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