{"product_id":"the-binding-paperback","title":"The Binding - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBridget Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003eBOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProclaimed as \"truly spellbinding,\" a \"great fable\" that \"functions as transporting romance\" by the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, the runaway #1 international bestseller \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eTRACY CHEVALIER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImagine you could erase grief.\u003cbr\u003eImagine you could remove pain.\u003cbr\u003eImagine you could hide the darkest, most horrifying secret.\u003cbr\u003eForever.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYoung 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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. 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Forever.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung 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 among their small community, but one neither he nor his parents can afford to refuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor as long as he can recall, Emmett has been drawn to books, even though they are strictly forbidden. Bookbinding is a sacred calling, the bookbinder Seredith informs her new apprentice, and he is a binder born. Under the old woman's watchful eye, Emmett learns to handcraft 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. 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