![]() ![]() It’s a vocation that stirs up fear, superstition, and prejudice – the local Bookbinder Emmett is to be apprenticed to lives alone in a house on the marshes and is frequently referred to as a “witch.” But, with her, Emmett begins to face the prospect of recovery until the arrival of a stranger who may not be so strange and the discovery in the Bookbinder’s vault of a volume with Emmett’s name on it. Is there something you want to forget? A secret you need to hide? A Bookbinder can make you a beautiful, handcrafted volume into which your memories will be recorded and stored away safely forever, and, however traumatic, you’ll never remember. However, in Emmett’s world, books aren’t works of fiction but real people’s real memories. ![]() Then a letter arrives, summoning him to begin an apprenticeship with the local Bookbinder. ![]() Emmett Farmer is trying to resume his normal life illness has not only robbed him of his memories of the previous summer but his strength, leaving him unable to work on the family farm. ![]()
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