Bridget Collins
Author
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Sarah Waters, Helene Wecker, and Jessie Burton, an atmospheric and mystery-laden historical novel set within a magical world where books are not stories but the repository of individual lives. Young 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...