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Cover of The binding [large print]

The binding [large print]

Bridget Collins (2019)

SubgenreMagical Realism
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Pages456 (Medium 300-500)
SettingHistorical
Goodreads3.85/5 (88867)

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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 book binder, 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. 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 ...

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HistoricalLGBTQ+Magical RealismQueer Fantasy