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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...
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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.
The Binding introduces us to Emmett Farmer, 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.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008683559
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 June 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: The Borough Press
Edition: Borough edition
Illustration: Index
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 35.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 420g
Pages: 496
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 Festival. The Binding is her first adult novel.
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