{"product_id":"the-binding-a-novel-isbn-9780062838100","title":"The Binding: A Novel","description":"\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. Soon, everything he thought he understood about his life will be dramatically rewritten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable novel of enchantment, mystery, memory, and forbidden love, \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful homage to the allure and life-changing power of books—and a reminder to us all that knowledge can be its own kind of magic.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark chocolate slice of cake with a surprising, satisfying seam of raspberry running through it. It is a rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracy Chevalier, bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Truly spellbinding... Many readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e will simply sink gratefully into the pleasures of its pages, because, like all great fables, it also functions as transporting romance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Truly spellbinding . . . Many readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e will simply sink gratefully into the pleasures of its pages, because, like all great fables, it also functions as transporting romance. . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e is a kissing novel par excellence, and on this level, it is like a wonderful meal made from a few simple ingredients: the feeling in your chest when you hold someone in your arms for the first time; the sight of a host of bluebells. In recent years, the state of the world has threatened to make us forget the simple pleasures of kisses and bluebells and thick novels that tell stories of heartbreak. Here is a book to help us remember.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A captivating fantasy novel with forbidden love at its heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Intense, immersive. . . . A stirring, highly original piece of storytelling and world-making.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A real treat . . . gothic, imaginative and dark.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bookbinders capture souls in this fantasy’s bleak Dickensian world. The novel’s most horrifying victim is the starving mother who doesn’t recognize her children because she had to sell her memories of them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times 10 New Books We Recommend This Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Using evocative language to express a lovingly told tale of lost memories, Collins wraps her story of a passionate, forbidden relationship in mystery and magic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Of course, books don’t need to be turned into magical artifacts. They already are. The magic of Bridget Collins’s novel \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e… is only a step away from that reality. Collins’s vivid descriptions of the abuse of that magic within a grimy faux-Victorian-era world of workhouses and exploitation are almost too painfully true….\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds in creating the magic it proposes: the experience of memory returning, a rush of recollection that can change the whole world, if only for one person at a time — or sometimes two.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Novik New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds in creating the magic it proposes: the experience of memory returning, a rush of recollection that can change the whole world, if only for one person at a time — or sometimes two.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Novik, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e is an imaginative, thought-provoking tale of how—for better and worse—moments can define who we become.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bridget Collins’ first adult novel is a gothic fable about the spellbinding power of books. Young Emmett Farmer is summoned from the fields to begin an apprenticeship as a bookbinder, a mysterious vocation that binds memories in leather. As he settles into his new position, Emmett makes a shocking discovery: his name on one of the mystical books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today 5 Books Not to Miss This Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Everyone keeps calling this novel spellbinding and they are not wrong! A true epic in every sense of the word, this immersive fantasy follows Emmett as he begins a bookbinding apprenticeship in a world where books are feared due to their magical ability to erase memories.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan 13 Best Books Coming Out in April 2019\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Everyone keeps calling this novel spell ~binding~ and they! are! not! wrong! A true epic in every sense of the word.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What an astounding book … something entirely of its own. Brilliant concept, truly extraordinary writing and a killer plot.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Mazzola, author of The Unseeing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A compulsive mix of historical and gothic fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWiltshire Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beguiling and mysterious … dark and atmospheric … \u003cem\u003eThe Binding \u003c\/em\u003eis the kind of novel that practically demands fireside reading.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Herald (Glasgow)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e held me captive from the start and refused to set me free. It’s a beautifully crafted tale of dark magic and forbidden passion, where unspeakable cruelty is ultimately defeated by enduring love. Breathtaking!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pure magic. The kind of immersive storytelling that makes you forget your own name. I wish I had written it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin Kelly, author of He Said\/She Said\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The new ‘Have you read \u003cem\u003eThe Miniaturist\u003c\/em\u003e’ will be ‘Have you read \u003cem\u003eThe Binding\u003c\/em\u003e?’ … ‘Gorgeous’ and ‘spellbinding’ is the consensus among those who’ve already devoured it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrazia, “The 2019 Hot List”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“More of an experience than a book, written with such grace and wisdom. Utterly brilliant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An original concept, beautifully written. Collins’ prose is spellbinding.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Purcell, author of The Silent Companions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A moving, spellbinding book with a powerful love story at its heart and one of the best twists I’ve read in a long time. I fell into and inhabited and loved it. Such a deeply enjoyable and nourishing novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra Newman, author of The Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Intriguing, thought-provoking and heartbreaking … what a gorgeous book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStella Duffy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beguiling … Dark and atmospheric.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003einews.co.uk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888946868453,"sku":"NP9780062838100","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062838100.jpg?v=1730230161","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-binding-a-novel-isbn-9780062838100","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}