000			01311aam a2200181 4500
008			220613b2019 |||||||| |||| 00| 1 eng d
020			_a9780008272128 (pbk)
041			_aeng
080			_a82-3 _bCOL
100			_aCollins, Bridget
245			_aThe Binding
260			_bHarper Collins _c2019 _aNew Delhi
300			_a438p.
520			_aEmmett 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.
650			_a FICTION
690			_aGeneral
942			_cBK
999			_c59110 _d59110