The Binding: THE #1 FICTION BESTSELLER and spellbinding historical fantasy novel from the author of THE BETRAYALS and THE NAKED LIGHT - Softcover

Collins, Bridget

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0008683557 ISBN 13: 9780008683559

Publisher: The Borough Press, 2024

Synopsis

*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE NAKED LIGHT*

LOSE YOURSELF IN THE BREAKOUT SENSATION OF THE YEAR

SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019

‘Spellbinding’ Guardian

‘Magic’ Erin Kelly

‘Immersive’ Sunday Times

‘Astounding’ Anna Mazzola

Imagine you could hide a secret. Forever.

Emmett Farmer is a binder's apprentice. His job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory.

If you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it caused.

In a vault under his mentor's workshop, row upon row of books – and secrets – are meticulously stored and recorded.

Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of the volumes has his name on it.

Bridget Collins's book 'The Silence Factory' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-04-29.

About this title

About the Author

Bridget Collins trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after reading English at King's College, Cambridge. She is the author of seven acclaimed books for young adults and has had two plays produced, one at the Edinburgh Fringe. She is the No. 1 bestselling author of THE BINDING and THE BETRAYALS. THE SILENCE FACTORY is her third adult novel.

From the Back Cover

*Featuring a bonus chapter*

Imagine you could erase your grief.

Imagine you could forget your pain.

Imagine you could hide a secret.

Forever.

Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a letter arrives summoning him to begin an apprenticeship. 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.

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. If there's something you need to erase, he can assist. 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.

THE BINDING is an unforgettable, magical novel: a boundary-defying love story and a unique literary event.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Borough Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008683557
• ISBN 13: 9780008683559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496