Bookbinder of Jericho

Publication Date : 26 Mar 2024
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What is lost when knowledge is withheld?

In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy is intelligent, ambitious and dreams of studying at Oxford University, but for most of her life she has been told her job is to bind the books, not read them. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has. She is extraordinary but vulnerable. Peggy needs to watch over her.

When refugees arrive from the devastated cities of Belgium, it sends ripples through the community and through the sisters' lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can use her intellect and not just her hands, but as war and illness reshape her world, it is love, and the responsibility that comes with it, that threaten to hold her back.

The Bookbinder of Jericho is a story about knowledge - who makes it, who can access it, and what is lost when it is withheld. In this beautiful companion to the international bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams explores another little-known slice of history seen through women's eyes. Intelligent, thoughtful and rich with unforgettable characters, this is the novel of 2023.

(9781922992925)

SKU 9781922992925
Barcode # 9781922806628
Brand Affirm Press
Artist / Author Pip Williams
Shipping Weight 0.4800kg
Shipping Width 0.020m
Shipping Height 0.200m
Shipping Length 0.130m
Shipping Cubic 0.000506880m3
Unit Of Measure ea
Publication Date 26 Mar 2024
format Paperback
Number of pages 448
Author Pip Williams

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