The Binding

*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE NAKED LIGHT*LOSE YOURSELF IN THE BREAKOUT SENSATION OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'Spellbinding' Guardian'Magic' Erin Kelly'Immersive' Sunday Times'Astounding' Anna MazzolaImagine you could hide a secret. Forever.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.