I loved the deckled pages as it gave a feel to the historic element of the book and the plot of the story itself, being about book binding. It related perfectly to the story and I wouldn’t want any other cover. The spine looks absolutely gorgeous on any bookshelf and the artwork on the cover was alluring and immediately reached out to me. Immediately stunning at a single glance, The Binding cover took on a beautiful historic-like form which grabbed me from the beginning. Soon, everything he thought he understood about his life will be dramatically rewritten.
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. In a vault under his mentor’s workshop, rows upon rows of books are meticulously stored. Within the pages of the books they create, secrets are concealed and the past is locked away. If there’s something you need to erase, they can assist.
If there’s something you want to forget, a binder can help. Within each one they will capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory.
Under the old woman’s watchful eye, Emmett learns to hand-craft the elegant leather-bound volumes. Bookbinding is a sacred calling, Seredith informs her new apprentice, and he is a binder born. For as long as he can recall, Emmett has been drawn to books, even though they are strictly forbidden. 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. Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Adult
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