Loading your library
Starside · Aster
Opening book
The Binding
Bridget Collins
2019 · Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
England, fictionFiction, fantasy, historicalFiction, alternative historyFiction, historical, generalFiction, magical realism
About this book
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…
Who this is for
Not generated yet
No audience brief for this book yet — who it lands for, who tends to bounce off it, and how it reads.
LitShelf Radarbeta
vs. Your library
Hover or tap an axis label to see what it means and your score.
- This book
A plot-driven with strong character, melancholic and immersive read.
Similar radar fingerprints
Cosine over radar