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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

Emmett Farmer is 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.

©2019 Bridget Collins (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Classics Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Magic Magical Realism Heartfelt
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If I had read this, I would certainly have cheated and skipped to the end. I was rapt all the way through. This is one of those rare stories that you cannot wait to finish but then mourn reaching the end. Thank you Bridget Collins, I adored The Binding. I look forward to more of you.

Carl Prekopp's narration and care of the distinctive voices of Bridget Collins's characters and their world was utterly delightful. Thank you Mr. Prekopp for your stunning delivery, I would love to hear more of your narration.

I will be purchasing a hard copy of this because I wish to make a home for The Binding in my bookcase of forever stories.

One of my best listens of 2019

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The storyteller's voice was just PERFECT for the characters and his accents impeccable. I need to find more books that he had narrated. The story was a little slow to start but I could never Jane imagined where it would take me. Perfect ending too. I'm at a loss now.

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Fantastic story that isn’t what you’d expect it to be - the first part of the book is really building the foundation for the story which I really didn’t mind! Narrator did a brilliant job, as a Northerner I throughly enjoyed listening to a Northern story told in our rich accent. It really does add character and make a difference to a story.

Brilliant

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Hugely enjoyable period suspense novel with a unique plot. (well I haven"t come across Binders like these before).
Carl Prekopp reads with exactly the right pitch for the story and greatly enhances the piece with his performance.
I think we will be hearing more of this book and its writer.



Unturnoffable!

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A beautiful and intriguing story. Had me gripped right from the start and I found myself rationing the end!

Absorbing and deeply moving

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