The binding : a novel / Bridget Collins.
Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. 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. For as long as he can recall, Emmett has been drawn to books, even though they are strictly forbidden. Bookbinding is a sacred calling, Seredith informs her new apprentice, and he is a binder born. Under the old woman's watchful eye, Emmett learns to hand-craft the elegant leather-bound volumes. Within each one they will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If there's something you want to forget, a binder can help. If there's something you need to erase, they can assist. Within the pages of the books they create, secrets are concealed and the past is locked away. In a vault under his mentor's workshop rows upon rows of books are meticulously stored. 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. Soon, everything he thought he understood about his life will be dramatically rewritten.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062838094
- ISBN: 0062838091
- ISBN: 0062838105
- ISBN: 9780062838100
- Physical Description: 435 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019].
- Copyright: ©2019
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- 32 of 33 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC COLLINS (Text) | 36015000256152 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC COLLINS (Text) | 36015000868196 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
